My main focus has been on using inquiry in mathematics, and teaching students how to cultivate a positive growth mindset in order to increase student performance on Bridges in Mathematics assessments. I chose this are of study, because these are the areas I desire to know more about as an educator because of the needs I saw in my classroom. When I think about scaling my research for a larger audience, I envision an online resource for educators to access based around these topics. I believe that other educators would benefit from learning more about using both inquiry and growth mindset principles in mathematics with their students. The question is, How will I share this information in a way that is effective?
Our readings this week had a lot of information about sharing information effectively. In Dr. Bobbe Baggio’s book, “The Visual Connection,” we learned that visuals draw the learner’s attention to the material being taught. When I present my learning, I must remember to use effective visuals However, I must also remember that content is king, and visuals support the content. I learned that I should develop a visual strategy and write it down. My strategy should be determined by my content, learning objectives, and learner. One phrase Baggio used a few times was, “attention on intention,” meaning draw focus through visuals to the main learning goals I want my learners to remember. The objectives should be part of my visual strategy. In Clark’s reading this week, I learned that to successfully teach a task, I must first teach a set of procedures for how to successfully complete that task. This is going to mean explicitly laying out clear objectives, and procedures to reach those objectives, in the digital resource I will create. There was a clear visual in Clark’s book with three categories: Step/Action/Example. This clear format made it very easy to understand the procedures, as well as the final objective. I may consider using this type of formatting when presenting information in my project. Clark discussed how technology can be used to further enhance understanding by having graphics, 360 degree views, tables, diagrams, etc. Dervin talks about “The Observer Versus the Actor.” She stated that the majority of our current research asks questions from an observer’s perspective. She said that we can construct a world for the users which makes things less authentic. I thought this was very helpful as I am currently collecting data for my capstone project. It’s important to take a step back, and focus on the actor (my students) in a more authentic way, and not pushing them into a small study to get data from. It will be very important to share my data in an effective, objective, clear way for my capstone project. There are many components to consider when creating a resource for this project.
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Jona Sandau
3/17/2019 10:41:45 pm
Monica, great read! I always find it cool to see the different things that we all pick out of our readings and I really enjoyed your take on Baggio especially: "content is king, and visuals support the content." Such an important take away that helps keep us focused on making sure the experience is fruitful for our users. I also appreciated your Dervin application, that we have to almost struggle to keep our students' perspectives in mind as we build our studies. This is so true! It's almost like there are too many important things to focus on sometimes... Thank you for an awesome read!
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Jona Sandau
3/17/2019 10:42:53 pm
P.S. I don't know why I wrote "Monica"! It's late, I'm sorry!
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Brandon DeJesus
3/18/2019 10:44:17 pm
Hey! Teaching adults is nerve racking and something that I am still not comfortable doing. Looking through your take aways from each of the readings I believe that you have a super effective plan for creating a educational tool that is informative and visually effective in communicating information about inquiry in mathematics.
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