MAP Academic Prep

MAP AcademicPreparation : 

MAP AcademicPreparation Cheryl Dick, Elementary TOSA Debbie Barnes, Secondary TOSA

Linking Parental Involvement to Student Achievement : 

Henderson, A. and Mapp, K. (2002) Linking Parental Involvement to Student Achievement Students with involved parents, no matter what the parents’ education or background, are more likely to have better attendance records, earn higher grades and test scores, and have better social skills that those whose parents are not involved.

Slide 3: 

Henderson, A., and Mapp, K (2002) Studies looking at high-achieving students of all backgrounds find that their parents encourage them, talk with them about school, help them plan for higher education, and keep them focused on learning and homework.

M.A.P. – Are we teaching to the test? : 

M.A.P. – Are we teaching to the test? Written Curriculum Taught Curriculum Assessed Curriculum

Failure : 

Failure Students who consistently fail lose their motivation to learn! Tomlinson, C., 1999

Easy Success : 

Easy Success Students who succeed too easily also lose their motivation to learn! Tomlinson, C., 1999

Humans Learn Best with Moderate Challenge! : 

Humans Learn Best with Moderate Challenge! When a task is too difficult, the learner shifts into a self-protection mode. When a task is too easy, a learner shifts into a relaxation mode. A task is appropriately challenging when it asks learners to leap into the unknown, but they know enough to get started and have additional support for reaching a new level of understanding. Tomlinson, C., 1999

What is Differentiated Instruction? : 

What is Differentiated Instruction? Differentiating Instruction is doing what’s fair for students. It’s a collection of best practices strategically employed to maximize students’ learning at every turn, including giving them the tools to handle anything that is undifferentiated. It requires us to do different things for different students some, or a lot of the time. It’s whatever works to advance the student. It’s highly effective teaching! Wormeli, R., 2005

Most Important Word/Words : 

Most Important Word/Words DIFFERENT TOOLS

What is mastery?? : 

What is mastery?? Students have mastered content when they demonstrate a thorough understanding as evidenced by doing something with the content beyond merely echoing it. Anyone can repeat information; it’s the masterful student who can break content into its component pieces, explain it and alternative perspectives regarding it cogently to others, and use it purposefully in new situations. Wormeli, R., 2004

What is “the MAP”? : 

What is “the MAP”? The 1st MAP test was given in 1998 in Math for grades 4, 8 and 10. Most school districts participated in a nationally normed reference test before the state mandated MAP. Nixa gave the Stanford 9 test and currently uses the Stanford 10 for grades 1 and 2.

The Essential NineStrategies for ImprovingStudent Achievement : 

The Essential NineStrategies for ImprovingStudent Achievement Identifying similarities and differences Summarizing and note taking - WWWWWH Reinforcing effort and providing recognition Homework and practice Nonlinguistic representations Cooperative learning Setting objectives and providing feedback Generating and testing hypotheses Cues, questions and advance organizers