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2013 Conference Proceedings - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR SUPPORTINGAT-RISK STUDENTS IN ALGEBRA IJudith Olson<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai‘ijkolson@hawaii.eduLinda Venenciano<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai‘ilhirashi@hawaii.eduMelfried Olson<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai‘imelfried@hawaii.eduHannah Slovin<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai‘ihslovin@hawaii.eduFay Zenigami<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai‘izenigami@hawaii.eduThe Curriculum Research & Development Group has developed A Modeling Approach toAlgebra, a curriculum created to support ninth-grade students’ effort to learn Algebra I. Fundedby a contract with the Hawai‘i State Department <strong>of</strong> Education, materials were developed tosupport struggling learners by emphasizing modeling mathematical content and practice asdescribed in the Common Core Curriculum Standards for Mathematics. In this paper we discussthe curriculum research and development from a design research perspective.To successfully complete the mathematics requirements created by adopting the CommonCore State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM) (National Governors Association Center for BestPractices, Council <strong>of</strong> Chief State School Officers, 2010) raises the bar for students. This is <strong>of</strong>particular concern for Algebra I, the traditional entry point to high school mathematics. Such isthe case in Hawai’i where pre-algebra is no longer a high school course. Partially as a result <strong>of</strong>these policies, approximately one in three students do not succeed in high school Algebra I(Gottlieb, personal communication, Spring 2011). To address the Algebra I failure rate, a course,Modeling our World (MOW), focusing on modeling and opportunities to learn mathematics in amore investigative manner was established. Although designed for struggling learners, MOW isnot remedial and is intended to be taken concurrently with Algebra I.The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hawai’i wascontracted to design and develop the curriculum materials for the MOW course. The CCSSMtogether with CRDG’s previous curriculum research and development projects, e.g. Algebra I: AProcess Approach (Rachlin, Matsumoto, Wada, & Dougherty, 2001), Reshaping Mathematicsfor Understanding (Slovin, Venenciano, Ishihara, & Beppu, 2003), provided a research basefrom which to begin the development for MOW. The modeling standards embedded in theCCSSM were established as the framework around which to build the materials. This paper<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> the 40 th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Research Council on Mathematics Learning <strong>2013</strong> 50

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