MIT-22 Project: Effective Practise and Algebro's

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Algebro's progress So Far ...

Algebro’s is getting that much closer to being a final product. The focus has been on recording enough videos per Transum Algebra Level. Student’s are getting more confident in their explanations and conversations with each other when solving algebraic equations. They have surpassed Level 1 (e.g. 2x=10) and more likely to start at Level 2 (2x + 3 = 13). Possibly the greatest learning has been recognising letters as variables. Students seem to be more likely to identify and use more of what they know vs not knowing where to start (“I dunno”). 

Applying integers has tripped us up a handful of times in our problem solving. We’ve been doing enough algebra practise combined with integers to make sense of what we’re doing. I feel like we need more time teaching and practising before making tutorials for this section. 

I’ve shared Algebro’s with the teachers at my school. They seem to like what I’ve created so far and that I’ve included the children in the videos for maths. 

Still to add the feedback form along the banner; still sharing the site with other teachers who may be interested; still to add the quick links to the footer of Algebro’s

Effective Teaching 

As much as we have enjoyed learning about algebra, we still need to learn about the other important strands of maths like measurement, statistics and so on. Algebro’s will/has been supplementary to my teaching and planning. Students have developed enough confidence that they use the sight only when needed BUT have commented that having the videos was enough for them to follow or generate conversation about their maths learning in algebra. 

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