Help me give my students a set of noise canceling headphones for the classroom.
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My Students
My students from Charlotte, North Carolina are part of the International Baccaulareate program, a program that offers challenging and rigorous academic content to middle-schoolers. It especially focuses on introducing middle school students to the world through different sets of literature, math, videos, and even virtual reality trips. My school is a low-performing school, and the majority of the students come from low-income house holds. My goal is for all of my students to have developed a growth mindset by the end of the school year, learned how to code, and learned how to teach themselves new content. I want them to reach a state of self-paced independence.
My Project
I teach using the flipped classroom strategy, in which half of the class is on computers doing self-paced math activities while the other half is participating in groups as they collaborate with each other to solve problems. A few students will be with me to go over concepts that they need help with. Halfway through the lesson, we switch. In order to have a successful flipped classroom, and for students to develop their own study habits and self-paced learning skills, I need noise-canceling headphones so that those on chromebooks can focus on the work and not hear the noise coming from their peers. Furthermore, I include a lot of videos that teach them how to solve the problems, so those on the chromebooks can pause, take notes, and rewind at their own will. This helps them to own their learning. A set of noise-canceling headphones is especially important to me because they will allow students to focus on their studies. I teach in a low-income neighborhood at a low-performing school, and the majority of the students are classified as minorities in America.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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