1 Math CAMPPP 2011 Algebraic Thinking Session #4 Nottawasaga Working with Struggling Students CLIPS

Algebraic Thinking ~Session #4 Learning Goals: Expose traditional and personal practices for working with struggling students Discuss different ways that students struggle Explore CLIPS tools/activities as a possible tool for working with struggling studen ts 22

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Minds On: Features of CLIPS (see poster at back of room) Focusing Attention Interaction with Dynamic Representations to Construct Understanding Multiple opportunities for practice Modelling with Representative examples Immediate levelled corrective feedback 4

Action: Exploring Different Representations Tool To access CLIPS a) orwww.mathclips.ca b) Math Camppp memory stick Copy the CLIPS folder to your desktop. CLICK on index.html to start up CLIPS. Allow ActiveX controls if warning message appears. 5

Action: Exploring Different Representations Tool Click on the icon on the right hand side to access the CLIPS tools. If flash warning comes up, click on Settings and add the location of the CLIPS folder to your trusted location settings. 6

Action – Exploring CLIPS (50 min) SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES: Explore the Uber Tool in more depth Explore the Integer and Fraction Tools Explore the Integers CLIP Explore the Linear Growing Pattern CLIP Explore Fraction CLIP Explore the Trig CLIP

Action: Parallel Task We need our memory sticks!! Task A:Task B: *Task C: Select one of the Integer CLIPS tools. Model an operation question using this tool. Eg Explore some of the CLIPS activities Try: Representations of Linear Growing Patterns or Periodic & Sine Functions 8 *To explore these tools, which are still in development mode, you will need to open the file “CLIPS_ToolsDevPod.swf” found in the Tools folder, inside the CLIPS folder from your memory stick. Try modelling the same question using a different tool.

Your Mission Explore Post to the Cool CLIPS Collection at CAMPPP –Course –Which Clip/Segment/Tool –Helping Struggling Students CLIPS Feature (see back wall) –How can it be implemented (e.g., whole class, small group at lunch, Student Success, Homework, Resource Room etc.) These will be typed and posted on the Wiki

Consolidate: Reflection How might you use the dynamic CLIPS tools and/or activities with your students? How might you incorporate some of the “features” of CLIPS into your instructional practice? Features: focussing attention, dynamic representations, multiple opportunities for practice, modelling with representative examples, immediate levelled corrective feedback 10

Consolidate: Exit Card Consider your experiences over the past 2.5 days in Algebraic Thinking: List on the paper provided: 3 things that you learned about algebraic thinking 2 things that you have learned about responding to students 1 thing that you are still wondering about 11