SSMA 2014 Annual Convention: Jacksonville, Florida Bridging Connections between Mathematics and Science Friday Afternoon Sessions 2:00-2:50 #85 Jacksonville #86 St. Augustine Starting from Scratch: Designing an Integrated Free Online Tutor Khan Academy to Blend Degree for Middle School Certification or Flip Math Instruction Alan Zollman Lori Cargile, Shelly Sheats Harkness The State of Illinois begins tri-level certification, Khan Academy (KA) is a free online tutorial requiring a new middle level education program that is currently used by more than 10 certification degree program of each higher million users worldwide. This session focuses on education institution. This presentation will be an using KA to blend or flip mathematics instruction open discussion of the stages of development an but is also applicable to science instruction and integrated, cross-disciplinary degree including other commercially available online tutorial – the political, social, and academic challenges programs. Participants in the hands-on session and achievements. The program for will view examples from the KA website and will mathematics and science has several unique learn (a) how some schools are already using aspects including assisting students through KA; (b) blending/flipping tips from field experts; notorious university courses and the (c) using KA as a formative assessment tool; and “gateway” blending STEM Education into methods courses. (d) relevant research. The participants will also engage with a mathematics mini project.​
Friday Afternoon Sessions 2:00-2:50 #85 Jacksonville Starting from Scratch: Designing an Integrated Degree for Middle School Certification Alan Zollman The State of Illinois begins tri-level certification, requiring a new middle level education certification degree program of each higher education institution. This presentation will be an open discussion of the stages of development an integrated, cross-disciplinary degree – including the political, social, and academic challenges and achievements. The program for mathematics and science has several unique aspects including assisting students through notorious university “gateway” courses and the blending STEM Education into methods courses. #86 St. Augustine Free Online Tutor Khan Academy to Blend or Flip Math Instruction Lori Cargile, Shelly Sheats Harkness Khan Academy (KA) is a free online tutorial program that is currently used by more than 10 million users worldwide. This session focuses on using KA to blend or flip mathematics instruction but is also applicable to science instruction and other commercially available online tutorial programs. Participants in the hands-on session will view examples from the KA website and will learn (a) how some schools are already using KA; (b) blending/flipping tips from field experts; (c) using KA as a formative assessment tool; and (d) relevant research. The participants will also engage with a mathematics mini project.​ SSMA 2014 Annual Convention: Jacksonville, Florida Bridging Connections between Mathematics and Science
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