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.