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Common Core for the “Commoners”
Presentation provided by:
Dr. Mary Kay Bacallao, Board of Education Member, Fayette CountyProfessor of Mathematics Education, Mercer UniversityWebsite: www.marykaybacallao.jimdo.comE-mail: [email protected] Freedom Coalition at www.EducationalFreedomCoalition.com
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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic (Prime Factorization)
Scientific Measurement Concepts
Patterning
Probability and Statistics
RL 1-2
Popular Activities from the PastHeads or Tails?
Coin Flip Trials
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Probability in elementary gradesprepares the foundation for
Statistics in 5th grade and beyond
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Probability standards in Pre-K – 2nd grade
• www.IXL.com international content: Probability standards in Kindergarten
• Former Massachusetts Standards: Pre-K – 4 standards include concepts of
chance• CCSS- No probability in elementary grades.
What happens in 6th Grade CCSS?
• Students are expected to begin statistics without any prior instruction in probability.
• Let’s look at the actual Common Core State Standards.
• The CCSS set up our students and teachers to fail in 6th grade.
CCSS Statistics and Probability 6.SPDevelop understanding of statistical variability.
1. Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For
example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students’ ages.
2. Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its
center, spread, and overall shape.3. Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation
describes how its values vary with a single number. Summarize and describe distributions.4. Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.5. Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by: a. Reporting the number of observations. b. Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.
c. Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking
deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.
d. Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.
How can this be happening?
• Who decided our students are not ready for concepts of chance in elementary school?
• Who decided to surprise our 6th graders with concepts they could have been prepared for in elementary school?
• This is just one example of the poor planning that went into the standards adopted sight unseen by Governors in 45 states.
Accurate Weights and Measures
• The CCRPI is not an accurate measure.According to the CCRPI, students with limited English proficiency, students who are economically disadvantaged and special education students are better prepared for college and careers than other students. Why? Those students generate more points than other students, even with the same test scores. That is the way the CCRPI bonus and challenge points work at the school level. And who out there thinks the CCRPI is a valid and reliable score? What was it intended to measure, college and career readiness? The name needs to be changed. Just because it intends to measure college and career readiness, does not make it so.
Common Core Educational Treadmill- Everyone goes the same speed.
Will taking your temperature more often bring down your fever?
What makes us think that more tests increase student achievement?
Accurate Measures
• Testing, not assessment• What kind of tests do we need?• Formative placement tests so we know where
to start.• End of the year tests so we can see how much
we have learned.
Tests to determine…
• End of School Year Reading Level• End of School Year Math Level• End of School Year Writing/Grammar Level
Truth in Testing… equal opportunity not equal educational results.
Cyrus McCormick
The Wright Brothers
Powerpoint from Achieve, Inc. describing the CC math pathways
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/1101
CC Contradictions
• GPPF Report cites Achieve and the Fordham Foundation
• Language Arts- 81% Correlation, 50% change• Math- 90% correlation, 1-2 year change• Mobility: Integrated vs. Traditional CC Math
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