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| The iCATS provide monthly workshops on mathematical concepts that relate to the Indiana State Standards. Teachers use ideas, activities, and resources presented in these workshops to write hands-on concept based math lessons to use in their classrooms. Each lesson includes the Indiana Academic Standards that are addressed, prior concept knowledge that is required for students to successfully take part in this lesson and an introductory hook or engagement activity. The lesson itself should present students with ways to problem solve and to form ideas about what the concept is and what it is not. |
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| Students then use this knowledge in all forms of problem solving. Lessons are tested in the classroom before they are posted to the Lesson Plan page. As the teachers complete lessons the EdTech bank of lessons grows. As part of each lesson students are encouraged to use math journals as a means to increase understanding or for assessment of an activity. iCATS are also available to model math skills in the classroom and give support in technology as needed. Students are assessed three times a year. These assessments are based on the state standards and help teachers determine students' strengths and weaknesses. The assessments are graded by an outside evaluator and are then returned to the teachers. Error patterning is used to evaluate the assessments and determine how to further students' learning and understanding. By evaluating the students' assessments together during a team plan period, grade level teachers help each other form instructional strategies that will give students the experiences necessary to become successful in math. Teachers keep logs of math concepts and lessons taught. This log can be used in conjunction with the math assessments to help teachers compare what they have taught and where further instruction is still needed. |
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