Models? Best practices? Catalysts? How video-based materials can improve

math instruction

Barbara Miller Education Development Center

February 18, 2011

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Individual and Table Reflections

What are your expectations for video-based materials? What do you want to do with them?

Reflect individually, then talk with one or two others at your table about your expectations.

Or, try these questions: What video-based materials have you used or reviewed? What questions do you have about using video-based materials to improve math instruction?

Videos as…

Models to emulate

•how to?•to see the good is to do the good•emphasis on what is happening, how does it work

Videos as…

Best practices to aspire to

•what is it?•to see the good is to be inspired by the good•emphasis on why it’s best practices and what it is yielding

Videos as…

Catalysts for reflection

•what is the significance?•to understand the good is part of doing the good•emphasis on to what end

Videos as…

Models to emulate Best practices to aspire to

Catalysts for reflection

How to? What is it? What is the significance?

To see the good is to do the good

To see the good is to be inspired by the good

To understand is part of doing the good

Emphasis on what is happening, how does it work

Emphasis on why it’s best practices, and what it’s yielding

Emphasis on to what end

One video

Element of Quality Instruction AssessmentStrategy Reviewing HomeworkFeatured Video Student-to-Student Assessment

Take a look at how students in Barbara Cleveland’s seventh grade math class work in small groups to review, revise and reflect on their homework.

One video

Assuming your goal is to improve math instruction, what do you want to do (what could you do) with this video?

Do you want to use it as a •model to emulate?•best practice to aspire to?•catalyst for reflection?

“No naked video”

Power of video is enhanced when used with surrounding materials

•Video artifacts •Related Success at the Core videos•Videos from the field•Additional resources

Depth and Breadth

Leadership Development materials• Seven modules address schoolwide practices that improve student

achievement, including using data effectively and focusing on quality instruction

• Videos illustrate module topics and combine with readings, activities for reflection and planning , and inventories. 120- or 180-minute modules can be extended to include pre-assessments and an exploration of additional resources related to the topic

• Designed for use by leadership teams or other teams of teachers

Teacher Development materials• 24 strategies show practices that teachers can add to their repertoire• Videos show in real classrooms and are supplemented by instructional

materials, lesson plan, teacher commentary and additional resources• Designed for use by teachers as individuals, in small groups or in large groups

Uniqueness

• Focuses on both instructional and leadership capacity• Uses an entirely web-based delivery system for all its

programming• Supports and enhances the talents of in-house facilitators,

eliminating the need for outside facilitators• Offers an “ideologically neutral” curriculum • Takes into account the political and technical challenges of

working in a school• Makes use of research-based practices that are directly linked to

student outcomes• Contains documentary-style videos that are authentic, that “look

like me,” reflecting the feel of a real classroom

Videos: A Defining Feature

• Include over six hours of high-quality video- 21 videos feature leadership teams (Leadership

Development modules)- 24 videos feature classroom teachers (Teacher

Development strategies)• Offer a vision of quality instruction• Tell the story by demonstrating what actually happened

in the classroom or on a school leadership team• Capture the work of the teacher and the students• Situates videos in professional learning materials to

encourage deep learning, reflection, and improvement of practice

•What are you looking to do with video-based materials?

•How might you use SaC materials to that end?

Plan A: Individual or pair exploration of SaC materials Plan B: Large group, guided reflection activity

Explore and analyze

Model to emulate •how to?•to see the good is to do the good•emphasis on what is happening, how does it work

SaC wasn’t intended as models to emulate•because we think that more surround is needed for teachers to replicate in own classroom, unmediated•but we found that there may be enough surround, especially when supplemented with discussion with colleagues, own materials, and additional resources, to take strategy directly into classroom as a model

Redux: Videos as

Best practices to aspire to•what is it?•to see the good is to be inspired by the good•emphasis on why it’s best practices and what it is yielding

SaC intended as “best practices” to aspire to•because we think that good video is and can be inspirational and illustrative & access to teacher’s thinking through video interview and teacher commentary helps•and we found that these materials are inspirational and, more important, illustrative of at least good practice, without making claim that this is ideal practice

Redux: Videos as

Catalyst for reflection •what is the significance?•to understand the good is part of doing the good•emphasis on to what end

SaC intended as catalysts for reflection •because we think that video + materials, designed for use with others, support reflection and interpretation of practice & that these skills can be used with many strategies (i.e., many videos)•and we found that these materials, given their flexibility in design, can support different kinds of reflection in different settings, with different populations (new and veteran teachers; within and cross-discipline; pre-service and inservice)

Redux: Videos as

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