It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Dilated Superhero

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 498-504
Author(s):  
Wanda Milliman
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
Middle School Mathematics ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Cooperative Group ◽  
Core State ◽  
Middle School Math ◽  
Big Ideas ◽  
Math Concepts

The more connections that students can make between mathematical content and the real world, the better they will become at developing critical thinking and understanding mathematics. This lesson on exploring geometric dilations encourages small cooperative-group critiques and connections to an abundance of middle school math concepts. Graphing proportional relationships and finding the constant of proportionality are big ideas in middle school mathematics. This two-part lesson connects these ideas and many more Common Core State Standards (CCSSI 2010) through fun, student-driven activities.

Multidimensional Assessment of CCSSM

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 292-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Bleiler ◽  
Denisse R. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Core State ◽  
Multidimensional Assessment ◽  
The Common ◽  
Math Concepts ◽  
Insight Into

Measuring student understanding of math concepts in this manner offers insight into the robustness of their knowledge, particularly of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Perceptions of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and Related Assessment and Teacher Evaluation Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Roth McDuffie ◽  
Corey Drake ◽  
Jeffrey Choppin ◽  
Jon D. Davis ◽  
Margarita V. Magaña ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Teacher Evaluation ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
National Sample ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Core State ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Curriculum Assessment ◽  
Teacher Evaluation Systems

In this study, U.S. middle school teachers’ perceptions of Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM), CCSSM-related assessments, teacher evaluation processes, and resources for implementing CCSSM were investigated. Using a mixed methods design, a national sample of 366 teachers was surveyed, and 24 teachers were interviewed. Findings indicated that teachers viewed CCSSM as including new content for their grade level. Teachers also reported using multiple curriculum resources to align with CCSSM and indicated that new assessments would serve as a proxy for CCSSM. Implications for rapidly changing policy, curriculum, assessment, instruction, and professional development related to CCSSM are discussed.

scholarly journals Commentary on “Alignment Between Children’s Numeracy Performance, the Kindergarten Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, and State-Level Early Learning Standards”

AERA Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233285842110171
Author(s):  
Karen C. Fuson ◽  
Douglas H. Clements ◽  
Julie Sarama
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
State Level ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Core State ◽  
Learning Standards ◽  
Early Learning Standards

Litkowski et al. compare preschoolers’ performance on three counting items to various standards. We clarify that the items Litkowski and colleagues found to be too easy for kindergarten were actually goals for 4s/PKs in the National Research Council’s report Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity but that they were included as kindergarten standards to ensure that all children had an opportunity to learn these crucial competencies. The helpful analysis in their article of the variability across present state early childhood standards indicates that the kindergarten Common Core State Standards–Mathematics need to remain unchanged for the same reason. We suggest that research funding in early childhood is better spent on research on high-quality instructional contexts for all children than on survey research. And we address the important question of what more-advanced children should learn in kindergarten by pairing standards those children already know with crucial standards that need a lot of time and attention.

Challenging the Research Base of the Common Core State Standards

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 381-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Gamson ◽  
Xiaofei Lu ◽  
Sarah Anne Eckert
Keyword(s):  
Common Core ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Core State ◽  
The Common
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