Bay Area Math Project (BAMP) workshop
This "Equity, Justice and Assessment" workshop began with a look at the 2023 California Math Framework. While the content standards and Mathematical Practice are the same, the drivers of investigations are to have students:
make sense of the world and explain it
predict what can happen
impact the future
Question to ask ourselves: how do we design lessons so that students see themselves, have access and use their assets?
That means that:
Formative assessment with a launch and sense-making can tell us what they know.
Teaching is focused on big ideas on how they relate to each other
We should focus on the teaching practice, not just covering the standards
Mastery learning takes time
When there is unfinished learning - we should re-engage and not just re--teach in the same way
Questions to ask ourselves: How do you know our kids are learning? What data are we collecting? Are our tools perpetuating inequitable practices? Where are students on the continuum of mastery-unfinished learning? How does the assessment inform our next steps?
MDTP has diagnostic/exit tests for grades 6 and up. Their platform will help you analyze the results.
May, this seems like such a wonderful PD to help keep students excited and engaged within the math curriculum. I sincerely wish that my middle school math program at my public school had been able to use some of these focal points. If they had, I believe I would have personally remained more engaged as a top math student (back in the day). Seeing yourself in math and in your lessons has the ability to have a profound effect on learners, and increase confidence and interest. Thank you for sharing.