DENA K. LEGGETT, PHD

ADVANCED CHEMISTRY TEACHER

ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL

dena_leggett@allenisd.org

Twitter: @denakleggett

MAINTAINING RIGOR IN AN ADVANCED

FLIPPED CLASSROOMAKA “KICKING BUTT WITH GRACE”

FLIPPING MY WORLD

A short

story of a

headlong

rush into an

entirely

different

approach to

education.

THE BIG PICTURE

Maintaining rigor to

prepare for a very difficult

test

THE TENSION IN THE TEACH

Providing opportunity for “grade protection”

AP TEST

TESTS

QUIZZESDAILY

LEARNING OPPORTUNITI

ES

Assess

Assess, relearnAssess, relearn

Learn

THE PAYOFF

THE INVESTMENT

MY GRADE BREAK-DOWN

DAILY

• 10 % total• Roughly 1 %

each

QUIZ• 25 % total• Roughly 3 % each

LAB• 25 % total• Roughly 8 % each

TESTS• 40 % total• Roughly 13 % each

A QUESTION OF TIME

TIME PER VIDEO

Goal is no

more than

10 min per

video

Students

prefer shorter

clips – it’s a

“mental”

thing!

Provide

greater

flexibility for

curriculum

changes

TOTAL TIME PER 85 MINUTE BLOCK

HMMM…8:44 + 11:43 + 6:33….43 MIN AND 20 SEC

SAY WHAT???

For a 5 day unit there are three days of working, one day of lab, and one day to assess.

135 minutes of direct teach would likely be 270 minutes sitting in a college class.

For every 45 minutes of videos, students get 65-85 minutes of time in class to do learning opportunities WITH HELP!

RATIONALE

The big win: efficiency of learning

EMBRACE YOUR LEARNING!Using objectives for self evaluation

OBJECTIVES C/F/IDKLO 4.5 The student is able to explain the difference between collisions that convert reactants to products and those that do not in terms of energy distributions and molecular orientation

Explain the three premises of Collision theory

Use the three premises of collision theory to justify changes in rates of reactions

Objective charts (thanks Jen Gray!)

Confident Fuzzy

I don’t know

Use to drive teachingUse to design quizzes and testsGOAL: Students will be using these daily to self-assess learning

Students use these for test corrections (more later!)

Objective charts

WebassignAutomatic feedbackUnlimited submissions with no penalty

Free Response/InquiriesIF: Check using posted key & stamped THEN:

100 %IF: Not checked & stamped THEN maximum 90

%A Few Labs

IF: grade with rubric using key THEN: bonus 10% for learning and feedback

Otherwise I grade and won’t be able to return before test.

Working on integrating Nspire/Navigator activities.

Self-assessing learning

YBCT

A word about cheating:

A word about daily accountability:

A Common Educational Myth: “There are no second chances”

KEY: Students can retake for up to an 80. Considering a 90 next year or a mini-mastery approach of 100 90 80 70Most are multiple choiceNspire/navigator or any e-response system

should workTesting new classroom management system,

but concerned about cheating when on computers

Currently using test banks – not ideal but time time time!

Quizzes

Students have option to do test corrections.Test is weighted once, corrections

weighted once.(40 + 90)/2 = 65 which is

recoverableMultiple choice they fill out a form.Free response they simply re-work or

re-answer

Tests

LATE GRADES

A bit controversial but….

• School policy is we must take work one day late for a maximum of a 60.

• I believe there are hard deadlines and soft deadlines in the real world.

• This year: -5 pts each calendar day late

• Next year: thinking about increasing the penalty each day

PARENT BUY-INADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

BONUS OUTCOME OF POLICIES