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Using Knowre Math to Support Make Up Work

Posted by Bara Levitt on 2/3/21 11:46 AM

This year attendance levels are down and we’re hearing from many teachers that the volume of work being turned in by students who do attend is down as well. Over the past month many new schools have started using Knowre Math to help address the challenge of make up work. 

In this article we will explore some ways to use Knowre Math for make up work and specific considerations in order to set teachers and students up for success. 

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Topics: Personalization and Differentiation, Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Teachers, Schools, Asynchronous, Remote

Let your Students Create their own Assignments

Posted by Bara Levitt on 2/2/21 10:46 AM

What if for a day or week you chose to shift the responsibility of creating assignments to your students? 

At this point in the school year, and this point of hybrid/remote/in-person learning, students have a strong sense of the independent learning tools available to them. They very likely also have a sense of what they need as a learner even if they aren’t able to articulate it. Empower students to act on these insights by giving them the responsibility of determining the contents of an upcoming assignment. You can start out small and have students make a one day plan, or challenge students to come up with a week’s worth of assignments for a particular subject area. 

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Topics: Personalization and Differentiation, Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Schools, Asynchronous, Remote

Kick Off the New Year with Student Goal Setting

Posted by Bara Levitt on 1/4/21 8:27 AM

As students return to school after winter break goal setting can be a useful exercise in refocusing effort and attention during what can be a challenging transition. 

The most effective goals are co-created with students. Co-created goals foster more of a sense of buy in and agency on the part of the student. Students are often told what they need to do so allowing them instead to take part in the goal setting process can go a long way towards increasing engagement. 

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Topics: Personalization and Differentiation, Data, Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Schools, Asynchronous, Remote

Three Questions You Can Answer with Data from Knowre Math's Teacher Dashboard

Posted by Michelle Peveto on 11/30/20 2:30 PM

After our November update there is lots of new data available on the Teacher Dashboard. This article dives into three questions that you can answer using this detailed information and also includes ways to use that data to take data-driven action in your classroom to support student learning. 

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Topics: Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Schools, Asynchronous, Remote

Best Practices for using Knowre Math during Remote Learning

Posted by Bara Levitt on 11/30/20 11:46 AM

With many schools across the country pausing in-person learning due to spiking COVID-19 cases, we wanted to take some time to focus on best practices for using Knowre Math within a remote learning environment. If you've already been regularly integrating Knowre Math into your weekly practice with your students you should be able to transition quite seamlessly into using the program for remote learning. 

When using Knowre Math in a remote learning environment students should use the program during asynchronous learning time.  During times when students and teachers are together the data provided on the Teacher Dashboard can be very helpful in identifying areas of focus for work with individual students, small groups of students, or the whole class. 

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Topics: Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Schools, Asynchronous, Remote

New on Knowre Math (November 2020)

Posted by Bara Levitt on 11/2/20 8:43 AM

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Teacher feedback drives Knowre Math program development. These new updates reflect requests we’ve received from teachers regarding the need for additional insight into student performance on assignments. It is our goal to continuously improve the program to better meet the needs of you and your students so please don’t hesitate to send feedback our way. 

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Topics: Data, Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Teachers, Schools

Strategies for Building Student Engagement on Knowre Math During Hybrid or Remote Learning

Posted by Bara Levitt on 10/27/20 9:57 AM

Student engagement is one of the most common challenges faced by teachers who are currently implementing hybrid or remote learning models. Between technology challenges, video conferencing fatigue, and the regular distractions of working from home, it can be difficult for both teachers and students to concentrate and engage.

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Topics: Data, Education Technology, Student Success, Math Instruction, Teachers, Schools

Common Incoming Skills Gaps for Students in Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2

Posted by Bara Levitt on 10/13/20 1:36 PM

As students reach higher levels of math, incoming skill gaps can be particularly challenging since they have compounded over so many years. It can often be difficult to figure out where to begin when the dual tasks of closing skill gaps and teaching new material are on the to-do list. 

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Topics: Back to School, Data, Education Technology, Formative Assessment, Student Success, Math Instruction

Common Incoming Skills Gaps for Students in Grades 6 through Grade 8

Posted by Bara Levitt on 9/30/20 3:09 PM

This article includes common skill gaps that we recommend reviewing with students during the beginning of the school year. The recommended skills shared come out of data collected from Knowre Math’s Ready? Check. Go! diagnostic. This diagnostic is designed to identify skills gaps by giving students a chance to engage with key topics from their prior math course (ie. 6th graders take a Ready! Check. Go! focused on 5th grade math skills). 

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Topics: Back to School, Data, Education Technology, Formative Assessment, Student Success, Math Instruction

Common Incoming Skills Gaps for Students in Grades 2 through Grade 5

Posted by Bara Levitt on 9/30/20 3:03 PM

At the beginning of any new school year there is the expectation that many students will have experienced some learning loss since they were not actively engaging with math learning and practice during the summer break.

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Topics: Back to School, Data, Education Technology, Formative Assessment, Student Success, Math Instruction, Schools