MED 308/MED300
Assignment #4
Due Tuesday 9/18

1. New York State collects and shares information about school districts across the state. Assessment data, school population data, faculty data, etc. are all available on each district's report card. Click here for the CMS NYS report card. The page lets you select information by checking the appropriate boxes and then selecting "build". I'd like you to select a few of the Profile Data options and write a summary paragraph on the population of students that CMS serves. Then look at the grade 3-8 math assessment data and be prepared to discuss that in class.

2. We will continue our reading of Groth's first chapters and look at some of the psychological theory that underlies our approach to teaching and learning. Please read pp. 27-31. Please write a response to the Stop To Reflect task at the bottom of page 31. Give the mapping of ideas on page 28 a careful review. We'll discuss why it's relevant to our work and your career.

3. Please complete the CMP Looking for Pythagoras puzzle task from Investigation 3. Use questions 1 & 2 to guide your thinking about the task.

4. Please complete the Exeter puzzle task. You'll need to cut along the bold lines to create the 5 pieces. Rearrange the 5 pieces into a square and tape them together or use a glue stick to preserve you solution.

5. Please complete the January 2018 Geometry regents exam. If you would write the answers to Part I on a separate piece of paper and put all work related to part II, II, and IV on those pages, that will make it easy for me to look at. I'm not grading it of course- the solutions are on the NYSED site if you search for them (I suggest you do but use them appropriately- answer first & check second!) but I'd like to give you credit for completing the assignment so I will collect it. You may also have questions. As always, feel free to email me or connect with each other.

6. The Buffalo News article I gave you is something for your notebooks as you may not remember all of the acronyms initially, but it is expected that you know them in the coming months as we have more discussions that involve them.

From your last assignment:
Please bring your notes/work from youcubed.org WIM exploration to class Tuesday. We'll try to discuss, but at least I'll collect what you've done. Look for my email about the latest video- it just was released.