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Wordy Word Problems | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. June 1, 2013 at 7:26 am Posted in Content Area Literacy. In an article by Swanson, she references the idea that in 1945 Polya devised a four step process to solving word problems. The four main steps that would be to gather the data and analyze it to understand the problem, devise a plan by making connections to previously solved problems, test the plan and finally look back to make sure the results effectively answer the questions. This study focused on taking word problems a...
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Math in Current Events? | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Math in Current Events? June 1, 2013 at 10:11 am Posted in Content Area Literacy. As an example I picked this. Article from the YNN website. Here is one place I found math used in the article:. While it’s estimated that more than 80 percent of Americans buckle up when they get in the car, many are still riding around without one. The article Mathematics as Current Events found in a 1993 volume of. Discusses how specifically chosen current events can help answer the question Do...
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Resources | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Blog posts to discuss:. Student and Teacher Blogging That Succeeds. Model Schools Wiki – Google Tools page. Remember me as a passionate teacher of literacy. Is a Published Source a Good Source? How to Search Through Sources for Good Information. Benefits and Drawbacks of Common Core Standards. Will Common Core help our students succeed in literacy and mathematics? New Literacies Research Team. SBEC Chemistry and Physics. Teach Science and Math. The Strength of Weak Ties.
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Reading in Math Class? | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Reading in Math Class? June 1, 2013 at 7:07 am Posted in Content Area Literacy. How many times as math teachers have we asked ourselves, How can I make involve the important skills of literacy in my class and how important is it? It is already very difficult to teach students who do not like math, do not wish to do homework, and are already having trouble with numbers, let alone adding words to them! As mentioned in class, there are many new technologies such as tablets, noteb...
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Digital Texts | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Pythagoras and His Theorem. Who Doesn’t Love a Good Clothing Sale? Can You See the Light? Solving Systems of Linear Equations. A Brief History of the Atom! Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out.
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Video Game Literacy: A New Approach for Teaching Mathematics | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Video Game Literacy: A New Approach for Teaching Mathematics. June 1, 2013 at 7:34 am Posted in Content Area Literacy. This open-world game is comprised of 1x1x1 meter blocks and the player uses different types of blocks to build structures and interact with the virtual world. How can this game benefit geometry students? Another useful game is called CodeSpells. So what makes these video games (as well as others) a good resource for teaching literacy in a mathematics classroom?
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Newspapers in Science and Math Class? | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Newspapers in Science and Math Class? May 29, 2013 at 11:07 pm Posted in Content Area Literacy. A large part of literacy is the ability to read everyday things around us and make sense of them, for example the newspaper, a magazine, or a current book. According to the blog 1KnowledgeOnline. Most newspapers are written at a high school level. Even what we would consider to be one of the easiest, TV Guide, appears to be written at a ninth grade level! In an online article. If yo...
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Will Common Core help our students succeed in literacy and mathematics? | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Will Common Core help our students succeed in literacy and mathematics? June 2, 2013 at 1:05 pm Posted in Content Area Literacy. Common Core State Standards are here and there is nothing we can do about them but adapt our teaching styles and methods to include the material. Once you get past this, we can move into the more important idea: Does the common core help or hinder our students? Yet if we did a little further, we find that maybe the RNC is correct. As we learned i...
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Media | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Geometry: The Supplement by Dan Myer. Algebra: The Supplement by Dan Myer. Types of Creative Commons Licenses. Common Core – ELA/Literacy Overview. Common Core – ELA/Literacy Shift 2. Common Core – ELA/Literacy Shift 3. Common Core – ELA/Literacy Shift 4. Common Core – ELA/Literacy Shift 5. Common Core – ELA/Literacy Shift 6. 1 Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Comment by Michael Iuiucci Jr. 8212; October 5, 2010 #. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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Benefits and Drawbacks of Common Core Standards | Developing Literacy in MST
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Developing Literacy in MST. Benefits and Drawbacks of Common Core Standards. June 2, 2013 at 6:39 pm Posted in Content Area Literacy. There is much debate over the changes from the current standards to the new common core standards. While these shifts all have potential benefits in literacy and education in a content area there are also some potential drawbacks. 4 Comments ». Feed for comments on this post. The standards in math focus on reasoning, constructing arguments, and critiquing others’ reasoning...
