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Title: Online Embedded Professional Development for High School Mathematics Teachers in the Appalachian Region


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Online Embedded Professional Development for High
School Mathematics Teachers in the Appalachian
Region
  • Lee Alan Hanawalt Roher
  • LRoher_at_ms.uky.edu
  • www.ms.uky.edu/lroher/

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The intellectual property employed in the access
to Algebra program was developed in open source
by the University of Kentucky Mathematical
Sciences through grants and contracts funded by
Research and Development
  • The National Science Foundation
  • The US Department of Education
  • The Ky Department of Education
  • The Ky Council on Postsecondary Education
  • The University of Kentucky

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A Professional Learning Community
  • Through this Online Embedded Professional
    Development (OEPD) program a professional
    learning community has developed a collaborative
    team of individuals working together toward a
    shared educational vision, values, and goals.

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Population Access to Algebra
  • 2006 - present
  • 17 Appalachian
  • region secondary school mathematics teachers
  • Over 210 Appalachian region secondary school
    students

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A Professional Learning Community The setup
  • Summer Institute
  • Weekly Meetings
  • Sponsor Students in a College Algebra Program

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Access to Algebra Startup
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Meeting Format
  • Weekly meetings online
  • Discuss
  • Access to Algebra Student Program
  • Instructional practices
  • Technology implemented and developed through the
  • Student progress

8
Communication Equipment
  • Headset with microphone
  • Connectix Web camera
  • Notetaker (electronic pen
  • set)

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Meeting Etiquette Communication
Ask a question or wait to be recognized to
participate
Confirm/Agree or Just say Yes
Disagree or Just say No
Show amusement
Applaud
Need to leave your computer for a moment
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OnLine Meeting Communication
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Application Share
  • Text chat
  • Meeting Recording

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Access to Algebra High School Students
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Instructional Structure
  • Class Structures
  • (determined by local school)
  • Face-to-Face Class
  • Independent Study Daily Teacher Access
  • Independent Study Limited Teacher Access
  • Instructional Materials
  • Free Textbook
  • Online Textbook
  • Online Homework
  • Online Exams scored at UK

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WebClass is Located at www.mathclass.org
Web homework for 5000 Math/Spanish
Students/semester
Create Your Own Account Here
KEMTP
KyOTe
Various Guides and Tutorials
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Online Homework
  • UK math classes
  • MA109, MA110, MA113, MA114, MA123, MA261 and
    More
  • Access to Algebra Program
  • K-P16 availability
  • Spanish I and II
  • Calculus, algebra, and trig at UTC It is also
    used for numerous single-section courses.

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Accessing Homework
Communication
Online Exams
Versions
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Questions do not have to be multiple choice
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Free Web Homework with Video Solution Videos
Prepared by UK Faculty and Pre-service math
teachers through support from AMSP
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Formatted Math Feedback allows students to
direct specific questions about homework
problems to teacher and/or instructional
assistants.
20
System supports secure, formatted open response
math exams with intuitive, calculator syntax
expressions
This provides the capacity to economically and
efficiently administer, collect and return
open response math exams with fully formatted
responses
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Computer Scoring Assessments
Note Homework assessments can also have hand
graded problems.
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Secure Online Exams
  • The Kentucky Online Testing Program (KyOTe)
  • Kentucky Early Mathematics Testing Program
    (KEMTP)
  • Access to Algebra Program

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Scheduling Interface
Exams on the List for this class
Session name(e.g. Placement Exam)
Session password. Mustbe provided to the
proctor(s) for the session
Session date
Exam start and end times.The exam first appears
on the Placement Exam Menu at the start time.
Session IP restrictions. (asterisk, , for none)
Exam code
Student Level Parameters (controls whether exams
can be restarted, multiple submissions are
permitted, and reports are given immediately.)
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Student View of an Exam Session
Proctor selects, opens exam using password for
that exam
Student submits identification data which
displays exam
Student takes and submits exam
Student may get report
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Scheduling An Exam Session (Done by the class
Teacher (owner) or a class member with that
assigned role )
a. On the Instructor Tools Page select your
placement class and pressExam Scheduling
b. Press Create New Session
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Making Assessments
  • Microsoft Word
  • Maple Software

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The intellectual property employed in the access
to Algebra program was developed in open source
by the University of Kentucky Mathematical
Sciences through grants and contracts funded by
  • The National Science Foundation
  • The US Department of Education
  • The Ky Department of Education
  • The Ky Council on Postsecondary Education
  • The University of Kentucky

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PowerPoint slides available at
  • http//www.ms.uky.edu/lroher/Presentations/2008/O
    EPDMathAppalachian.ppt
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