Evaluation

1. Summarise evidence about key changes in teaching and other factors that influence student learning.

2. Summarise evidence about key shifts in the problem of student learning.

3. Write an overall evaluation of your intervention in terms of the causal chain you had theorised. i.e. To what extent was the intervention successful in changing factors such as teaching? To what extent were those changes in teaching effective in changing patterns of student learning?

4. Write a reflection on your own professional learning through this inquiry cycle.

My Inquiry focus for 2020: 

How can I accelerate learning in my Year 12 calculus mix ability class so that Maori students (and other students) can gain at least 14 credits, endorsements, and pathways into the year13 Calculus course by focusing on Algebraic skills and literacy strategies to promote contextually based questions. 

 I  offered 4 internals, including Graph internal which I introduced to enhance their Algebraic skills. There are 20 students who are willing to sit Calculus external and sat for derived grade examination in week2.

Here is the internal Evaluation:

Topic1-AS 91261-2.1Co ordinate Geometry -Link

Topic2 &3-As91257- 2.2 Graphs & As91259- 2.4 Trigonometry -Link

Topic4-AS 91265-2.14 Systems of equations-Link

Derived Grade evaluation -As91265-2.6 Calculus

Term4/Week2 the learners sat their Derived Grade Examinations. They revised well and I am pleased with their performance.

There were 20 learners sat for Calculus and got good results with 2 Excellences, 5 Merits, 11 Achieved and two Not achieved.

After the examination, they worked even hard on their weakness/careless mistakes with repetitive practice and I am very confident they will gain better than what they achieved in the mock examination on the 19th of November next week.

Next step:

My next steps are that I am waiting for the external results to finalize 14+ credits and endorsements. Since we got extended time up to December I am going to teach another extra internal after they have finished their examinations.