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Project Website:
It's a Beautiful Thing! New Senior Math Courses
Add Beauty and Excitement
2008 OSPI January ConferenceJanuary 30-31, 2008
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Project TIME Laura Moore-Mueller-
Project Time Director, Math Instructor, Green River Community College
Robin Washam – Project Time Co-Director, Math Coach, OSPI, Puget Sound ESD
Joyce Hammer – Project Time Co-Director, Math Instructor, Green River Community College
Yakima Valley ProjectKristen Maxwell-
Regional Math Coordinator-ESD 105
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An Alternative Course
•Motivation: high school choicecollege- and work-
ready
•Development
•Content
•Pilot test 2007-2008
•Lessons learned
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•Moving Beyond Course Requirements to Clarifying What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do
http://www.transitionmathproject.org/marketing.asp#standards
CRMS
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Senior Course DevelopmentCreated by faculty from GRCC
and partnerschool districts.
Provides rigorous alternative to calculus track for high-school seniors.
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Senior Course Development• Investigate deep and
interesting topics in mathematics while preserving and improving algebra competency.
• Rekindle the fun, excitement and beauty of mathematics.
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Pre-Development Issues
1 semester or 2 semester course
Module based or stand alone
course
H.S minimum math requirements
Competing AP math courses
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Pre-Development Issues
• Available high school math
teachers
• Time to meet
• What’s in a name?
Discrete Math
BAT Math
Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
College-Prep Math
Applications in Mathematical Reasoning
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Course Content Semester I
• Graph Theory • Scheduling • Linear Programming • Voting • Statistics and Probability • Fair Division • Game Theory
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Course ContentSemester II
• Finance
• Geometry
• Modeling continuous
functions: linear, quadratic,
exponential, logarithmic, and
logistic
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Process(equal in importance to
content!)
Inquiry
Problem
solving
Reasoning
Communication
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Pedagogy(equal in importance to
content!)
Active engagement Authentic (real-world) activities
Study skills for success
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The Teachers• Professional development
workshops
• Feedback from the classroom
“Every day is different… a fresh start for each unit of study.”
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Lessons Learned
• Textbooks
• Curriculum resources / time
• Teacher preparation
• Teacher learning community
• Student preparation
• Communication with counselors and
students
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Course Assessment
• Assess students at beginning and end of year with WAMAP.
http://www.wamap.org/
• Administer student and teacher perception surveys
• Observe students’ progress post-senior year
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Yakima Valley Project
• Different school districts so courses based on student needs
• Students must have passed third year of math to take the course
• Option for Juniors or Seniors who don’t want Pre-Calculus or Statistics
• Main focus is on college• Work in progress
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Wapato and Mabton
• Content – probability, statistics and mathematical modeling
• ILAPS• Appropriate technology for
success in college• Community business or
organization project• Mainly for Seniors
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West Valley - Yakima
• Content – polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions
• Prepare for college placement exams
• Approval for course