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=RESEARCH ARTICLES:=

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 * = Research Topic Area = || = Grade Level Focus = || = Articles = ||
 * ==Achievement Gap== ||  || [[file:hull_college_readiness.pdf]][[file:Untapped potential.pdf]]
 * ==Ability Grouping== ||  || [[file:tracking research.pdf]] ||
 * ==Instructional Strategies== ||  || [[file:FINAL_Differentiated_Instruction.pdf]][[file:reaching all students- diff instr2.pdf]][[file:technology-solutions-for-developmental-math-jan-2009.pdf]][[file:timed tests.pdf]] [[file:Education Week_ Math Educators See the Right Angles for Digital Tools.pdf]][[file:balanced program Seeley.pdf]]



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 * ==Equity== ||  || [[file:seeley_techequity.pdf]] ||
 * ==Best Practice== || K-12 || [[file:What Works K-5 math_Jan_05_2010_guide.pdf]][[file:Why Teaching Math Early.pdf]] What Works Web Resource

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 * ==International Comparisons== || 4-8 || [[file:2009 International Math Report.pdf]] ||
 * TED Talks relating to math ||  || TED Talks
 * TED Talks relating to math ||  || TED Talks

Learning Revolution Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Change Math - Statistics Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education - we should teach Statistics to every high school student http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html

Math Makeover Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.com


 * Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing ki...
 * http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.htm

Teaching Math with Computers Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers | Video on TED.com This one answers all my arguments (sort of) about teaching the basics... problem is we are still testing kids on the basics.. until the assessments change, the curricula won't change.
 * From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation b...
 * http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers.html

One Laptop Per Child project http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child.html

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop." My question - ok, so what happened with this project? ||
 * Curriculum || K-12 || [] Interesting new article on how and why textbook manufacturers aren't living up to the potential of Common Core standards ||
 * Snoqualmie Valley Data - Alg to Calculus ||  || [[file:Math4More_LEV.pptx2.pptx]] ||
 * BISD Survey Data ||  || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review Parent Community Input_ Open Ended Report_ Question 8.pdf]][[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review Parent Community Input_ Cross Tab Report.pdf]][[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review Parent Community Input_ Open Ended Report_ Question 9.pdf]]
 * BISD Survey Data ||  || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review Parent Community Input_ Open Ended Report_ Question 8.pdf]][[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review Parent Community Input_ Cross Tab Report.pdf]][[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review Parent Community Input_ Open Ended Report_ Question 9.pdf]]

[|Zoomerang Parent Survey] ||

=**DATA:**=
 * [|OSPI REPORT CARD DATA]**


 * Staff Needs Assessment Data:**
 * Opened Ended Responses:**
 * **Question** || **Responses** ||
 * 4. What type of student group (Special Education, English Language Learners, Gifted, Culturally/Ethnically Diverse) is the biggest challenge for meeting differentiated needs? Briefly explain why. || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review_ Open Ended Report_ Question 4.pdf]] ||
 * 5. What are you currently doing to address differentiaiton in your classroom for Special Education, English Language Learners, Gifted, and/or Culturally/Ethnically Diverse students? || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review_ Open Ended Report_ Question 5.pdf]] ||
 * 6. What types of resource materials have you found to be the most useful? || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review_ Open Ended Report_ Question 6.pdf]] ||
 * 7. What additional resource materials do you feel are most needed to support mathematics at your grade level? || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review_ Open Ended Report_ Question 7.pdf]] ||
 * 9. How well do current instructional materials fit together across grade levels? || [[file:Open Ended Responses Page.pdf]] ||
 * 11. What additional professional development would you like to see provided? || [[file:Zoomerang _ Mathematics Program Review_ Open Ended Report_ Question 11.pdf]] ||

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