Proposal Number: 24519
Title of Proposal : Assessing Mathematical
Thinking from Online, Collaborative Problem-Solving
Scheduled on:
Thursday 4/27/2006 From
3:30:00 PM to 4:30:00 PM
Speakers
Johann
Sarmiento, The Math Forum @
Gerry Stahl,
Stephen Weimar, The Math Forum @
Description of Proposal
Online collaboration to solve non-routine
mathematical problems can be a rich source from which students’ conceptual
strengths and weaknesses can be revealed, and where the unique features of
their problem-solving methods can be observed. Learn and discuss with us
assessment methods used to analyze the chat records of middle and high school
students who have participated in Virtual Math Teams (VMT), a research program
of The Math Forum @ Drexel. Participants in this session will explore and
discuss in particular the assessment implications of VMT research, starting
from the specially designed mathematics problems used and using the chat
records as a source of information about students’ conceptual strengths and
weaknesses, in addition to serve to uncover the unique features of the participants’
problem-solving methods.
Goals:
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Learn to use virtual math chats for formative, performance assessments of
student math concepts and problem-solving - Identify unique assessment
opportunities of a virtual collaborative problem-solving environment. - Gain
strategies for helping students direct their own improvement through group
feedback and reflection in the virtual (e.g. chat) and face-to-face
environments.
Category: Focus of the Year--Assessment
Topics:
High-Stakes
Testing, Instructional Strategies, Classroom and Large-Scale Assessment, Formal
and Informal Questioning, Policy Decisions, and Program Evaluation
Session Format: Regular Session, 60 minutes
Grade Band/Audience: General Interest/All Audiences
Main Grade Band Focus: General Interest/All
Audiences