General Knowledge
Many __________ are actually instructional gaps or expectation gaps.
Achievement gaps
What maximizes the learning potential of all students?
A culture of equity
Learning with understanding is
Based on connecting and organizing knowledge around big conceptual ideas
A basic tenet of education
What is the most important challenge as a teacher?
When teaching mathematics, teachers need to
Build on what the students know and take advantage of the informal knowledge students have.
Principles and standards states
All students, regardless of their personal characteristics, backgrounds or physical challenges MUST have opportunities to study and be supprted.
Why is it important to stretch strengths into new ways of thinking?
To move unfamiliar experiences to familiar ones.
A modification is when
The IDEA
Guarantees students access to general education curriculum in the least restrictive environment.
Addressing the needs of all means providing access and opportunity for
Students who:
Struggle or have a disability
Different cultural backgrounds
English Language Learners
Mathematically gifted
Unmotivated or need to build resilience
Going in with an attitude that some students cannot "do"
Will ensure that they do not have ample opportunities to prove otherwise.
The goal of equity is
To offer all students access to important mathematics. Equity does not mean that every student should receive identical instruction, it demands that that everyone has access to accommodations for all students.