High-Yield, Research-Based Instructional Strategies

"CSM Content allows Instructional Strategies to be implemented naturally by teachers, students and parents" Instructional Strategies (Printable Form of the Chart Below  (.pdf 1 pg) Printable version of chart below with  summaries of popular high-yield, research-based instructional strategies that schools implement. Math "Tool Belt"  (Read NCTM article .pdf 1pg)  Develop ALL "math tools": Mental Math Strategies; Paper & Pencil Skills;  Calculator Use (Estimation). They are all VITAL!  "Automatic Recall" (Federal Math Advisory Final Report Exec-utive Summary .pdf 20 pgs) or (USA Today & NY Times Summaries .pdf 2pgs) Research shows importance of "automatic recall" & number sense to Math education. KS Math Standards (Reference to Number Sense, Estimation & Mental Math .pdf 4 pgs) "Teacher Notes" stress the importance of Number Sense, Mental Math & Estimation for test-taking skills and math understanding.

Deliver Effective Research-Based Lessons to Students Give a Purpose of the Workout - "What am I going to Learn and Why?" Review prior skills before building on them Keep all students participating and engaged Take notes - summarize and use graphic organizers Practice and give immediate feedback Find similarities & differences in problems Identify if students are "getting it" Reinforce their effort and progress Learn cooperativly - share, discuss, investigate, prove, help Differentiate instruction to reach all types of learners Is flexible to allow visual, verbal, logical, musical strategies for all learning styles   High Level Thinking Flexibility is designed into every problem of every workout. Teachers and parents will easily be able to go from low level recall questions to higher level questions in an instance. "Why?" "Can you prove your idea?" "How did you get the answer?" "Are there other ways to get the answer?" "Where would you use this skill outside of school?" "How is this different?" "What problems of your own can you make?"   Keeping it SIMPLE! We know what students need know to move on We need a tool to see if they "get it" We need a tool to help when they don't  We need a tool to challenge and build when they do     "Why do I need Math? When will I ever use this?" Give them skills to keep them from being taken advantage of      Words all Math teachers hear too often.  Common Sense Math focuses on basic, real-life, commonsense skills.  Skills students will use in real life.        We can help students see that without number sense and mental math skills, they could lose money! Whether by accident or on purpose, we might get less change that we should.  Or get charged more than we should at the cash register.        Helping students see that education and knowlege keeps us from being cheated or taken advantage of, gives them a reason to learn it.