Terminology
The Big Ideas
PRIME motives
Pedagogy
Advantages
100
Otherwise known as Vygotsky's "ZPD".
What is the Zone of Proximinal Development.
100
This mathematician was instrumental in the development of PRIME assessment.
Who is Marian Small?
100
Between K-3 this is the mode for PRIME assessment used.
What are interviews?
100
PRIME research has revealved these number of phases from kindergarten to grade 6.
What are the 5 phases?
100
Teaching strategies and information for parents found in this PRIME booklet.
What is "Background and Strategies?"
200
A student who has fears in math and learns to feel inadequate in assimilating basic concepts.
What is math anxiety?
200
The Scoring Guide is similar to the one found in this "other" assessment test.
What is ONAP?
200
Linking formative assessment to instructional decision making.
What is the goal of PRIME?
200
An overlapping of phases of fractions and decimals happens during these grades.
What is grade 4 and grade 5.
200
PRIME is built around these organization pieces to show the phases of development which highlight the student's math stage.
What are developmental maps?
300
Using many different and various methods for instruction to reach all learners.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
300
More support is needed for students in this type of phase.
What is the low phase?
300
Grade 4 and 5 need this diagnostic section.
What is section "D."
300
Knowing where students are on this chart helps to assess their level and gather instructional practices.
What is the developmental continuum?
400
This is what the acronym PRIME means.
What is professional resources and instruction for matematics educators?
400
Describes certain level of sophistication in mathematical thinking and ability.
What is a "phase?"
400
These are the types of questions found in PRIME.
What are open questions and parallel tasks?
400
The developmental maps of the strands found in the full PRIME assessment.
What is Number Sense, Operations, Patterns and Algebra, Data Management, Probability, Geometry and Measurement.
400
For students with learning disabilities, this technology tool is found on the "S" drive.
What is Kurzweil for PRIME assessment?
500
This person was instrumental in developing the concept of "stages" to base the phases for mathematical comprehension.
Who is Piaget?
500
PRIME allows this for students once the teacher has performed the assessment and determined the level for each student.
What are multiple entries for the curriculum?
500
PRIME tutorials are found under this section of the board website.
What is "Elementary Numeracy" under the "Teaching" section?
500
Giving the student the "benefit of the doubt" and scoring them higher undermines this overall benefit.
What is lack of test validity?
500
The big advantage to using PRIME.
What are extra examples, open ended questions and different strategies in teaching math?
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