As my capstone project began I was concerned with the math anxiety that was so apparent among my math 1 students. The desire to cure my students of math anxiety and increase their performance on assessments drove my research. My intended audience throughout the first semester of this program was other math teachers also concerned about the math anxiety our students displayed.
As my research evolved during the second semester, I began to focus more on engagement techniques as a means of better preparing my students. My audience shifted to teachers who wanted to engage their students in content practice in and outside of class time. Now after marrying my two concerns and refining my current capstone project - using a flipped classroom model as a means of reducing the cognitive strain that students face, my audience now includes any teacher looking for techniques to combat the negative affects cognitive strain has on students, in particular math teachers who will see the correlation between cognitive strain and math anxiety. In terms of innovative teaching and use of technology, my capstone speaks to teachers interested in a flipped or blended classroom model. More specifically, those interested in the use of digital tools to create video tutorials for their students to use outside of class for frontloading of new information and remediation.
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Rafael Garcia Avila
5/28/2019 12:17:43 am
Brandon,
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JP
5/28/2019 05:58:34 pm
I am really looking forward to implementing a more flipped environment in my classroom too. Since we work at the same site, I am more than happy to have my class assist in creating any videos and materials you might need! Maybe this is the collaboration we were looking for that first year we went to High Tech High?
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