Concept Map When:  Notes: Wrap-up active practice by modeling concept map in notes  Active Practice: Students create concept map (beginning of a unit and add to throughout the unit)  Error analysis and action on feedback: Reasoning: Add questions & answers in purple Procedural: Add questions & answers in red Student Outcomes  Identify key concepts by analyzing notes and Learning Targets  Organize concepts based on similarities or similar structure  Includes definitions & visuals for each concept  Using previous exams/quick checks, add processes and one procedural question as needed within a concept. Use a different color for the procedural question.  Insert links between concepts that are connected  Includes a reasoning question to support thinking for each link (use a third color)  Based on exams/quick checks, highlight one key word within a concept section that continues to be a challenge to master  Test out concept map by independently solving one routine and one non-routine problem per Concept Category 2/25/15

Concept Map A never-ending process……

What Question comes to mind?

How do we trigger what we know?

Concept Map Categorizes information connections Makes connections approaches to examples and pictures Includes approaches to examples and pictures to strengthen recall LINKING PHRASES Includes LINKING PHRASES to explain connections questions to ask Includes questions to ask when thinking through the connections

Directions In groups look at your learning target logs 1.Highlight key words 2.Put each word on post-its 3.Group post-its on the big white board 4.Draw and writing connections a.Add more post-its (i.e. new concepts, notes, etc.)

Process to color code Use Learning Targets & Notes, Goal Problems, Quick Check, and problems from the book to design concepts and categories What is in black, includes visuals (labeled diagrams, types of problems) How to Approach is green Focus on connections where you explain how to think about using information about the concepts to figure out non-routine problems Plans to use the information and why this will lead to an accurate solution Questions I ask myself as I think through my approach, plans, and execution Requires doing more problems

Does your map …..  Categorize information connections  Make connections approachesexamples and pictures  Include approaches for examples and pictures to strengthen recall LINKING PHRASES  Includes LINKING PHRASES to explain connections questions to ask  Includes questions to ask when thinking through the connections

Two Stars and a Wish 1.Each group will move counter-clockwise 2.On a post-it write two stars and a wish a.Star Prompts: I like your connection between _____ and _____ because… Your visual (graph, chart, etc.) really helped me understand… I never thought about _____ in that way; now I understand… b.Wish Prompts: A visual (graph, chart, etc.) would really help you explain _____ because… I didn’t really understand your connection between _____ and _____ because… I think you need to fix _____because…

NOW… Pick a Wish and Make It Come True!

Oh Snap! Take a picture!