Serafina Chinappi - Needs Assessment/Learner Analysis
Project Proposal
For this project I would like to explore Problem Based Learning in the mathematics classroom, more specifically I will focus on designing authentic, motivating, problem situations for students.
Intent Statement
Instructional problem
Students lack the motivation and many of the skills needed to solve basic mathematical problems. The mathematics classroom should be a place in which complex problem solving is commonplace and students are allowed to act as mathematicians.
Intended setting/Participants
This course will be geared towards secondary mathematics teachers and pre-service teachers. Participants may have a wide range of experience, from little-to-no classroom experience to decades teaching within a classroom.
Intended change you are expecting or desiring
I am expecting participants in this course to be more open to using student-centered problem-based tasks in their classrooms. The openness should translate into the classroom where more of these tasks will be present.
Task Analysis
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with information and resources for implementing problem-based learning activities in the mathematics classroom.
Prerequisites
Enabling Prerequisites
- Define problem-based learning and describe it's use in the classroom.
- Decipher when a task is authentically problematic.
- Creates a classroom environment which is conducive to problem-based learning.
- Creates a classroom environment that encourages deep understanding.
- Creates a classroom environment that supports effective communication.
Supportive Prerequisites
- Uses reflection to better instructional methods.
- Is willing to try new approaches in the math classroom.
Intellectual Skill Objectives
Given a variety of tasks, participants will be able to determine if tasks are problematic in nature and furthermore which are authentically problematic. File:Objective1.pdf
Given a variety of mathematical standards, participants will be able to generate a variety of authentic problem-based learning tasks.File:Objective2.pdf
Given a problematic task, participants will be able to determine and design effective assessment procedures.File:Objective3.pdf
Organization and Sequencing
Instructional Curriculum Map: File:SC623CurriculumMap.pdf