Teaching Guide

MATHWITS (home)

produced by 

Ms. C. Ditto and Mr. M. Pennington

Web Institute for Teachers, Summer, 2002

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  • Aim

  • Rationale

  • Audience

  • Prerequisites

  • Subject-Matter

  • Goals and Objectives

  • Instructional Plan

  • Materials

  • Assessment and Evaluation

  • Appendices

  • Resources

  • Glossary


  • Aim

     Give students the opportunity to build a conceptual understanding and raise their skill level to its highest potential.

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    Rationale

    Traditional mathematics instruction rushes students through the development of concepts into memorization and operational math that has little meaning. This curriculum web will give students the much needed practice and experimentation with concepts to build conceptual understanding that leads to better retention and application of the concepts. Simultaneously, students will build useful technology skills..

     

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    Goals and Objectives

    1. Show and describe what occurs when a change is made to one part of of an equality relationship.

    2. Create and solve problems to find the missing number.

    3. Analyze characteristics and properties of 3 Dimsional shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.

    4. Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems.

    5. Understand various types of patterns and functional relationships

     

     

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    Audience

    These activities are intended for all students but are particularly useful to students who don't yet have a complete grasp on the mathematical concepts.

     

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    Prerequisite

    Prerequisites include, but aren't limited to, a basic understanding of mathematics (numbers and basic operations) and internet acclimation.

     

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    Subject-Matter

    Math concepts 

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    Instructional Plan

    These activities are intended to supplement math instruction. Each activity develops a specific concept (i.e. Order of Operations and Attributes of 3-D shapes). Teachers should preteach related lessons in the classroom. For suggested lessons, link to www.illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/index.html

    Teachers instructional guide for order of operation lessons can be found here!

    Teachers instructional guide for 3-D geometry lessons can be found here!

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    Materials

    Teachers will need to use a math curriculum based on the NCTM (National Council for Teachers of Mathematics) Standards. Suggested lessons can be found at:   www.illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/index.html

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    Assessment and Evaluation

    Online activities that are interactive and tutorial.

     

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    Appendices (optional, if needed)

    Resources

     

    Glossary