I would like to build a "Math Construction Zone" in my classroom so that my students can "build" deeper understanding.
My school is located in a mostly agricultural county in the middle of the state of Florida.
There are 18 second grade students in my Advanced Academics class. Student diversity includes different social and economic statuses, as well as Caucasian, African American, Asian, and Hispanic students. Six students are identified as gifted. They have a love for learning, work well together, and enjoy hands-on activities and centers.
My Project
When the Advanced Academics classes are formed, more emphasis is placed on their level of reading, so there is a greater disparity in ability in mathematics. I have chosen mathematics centers that should cover not only students who are on-level in math, but those who need remediation in certain skills and those who master second grade skills before the end of the year. These mathematics centers will be a part of daily mathematics center rotations, which also include teacher small group mathematics instruction and a computer-based individualized mathematics program.
With a hands-on approach as to how they get answers, rather than simply accepting new information, students will interpret what they see, hear, or do in relation to what they already know.
Increasingly, research and practice has continued to support this theory that learners construct their own knowledge. Learning reflects a social process in which students interact, discuss, and even argue their ideas, with themselves and with others, in the process of understanding a particular concept.
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