Restaurant Runners

Jennifer AshMelissa BilesKatya Hott

Jen SanMiguelKatharine Yu

**Contributions made by Alzaber Rubayat

Phase 1

Goals and BackgroundGoals

• Authentic Learning Situations

• Transfer of Abstract Concepts

• Encourages Skill Building

• Visual Representations of authentic data

Background

• Math often taught abstractly

• No real-world contexts or authentic examples

AudienceNY Fourth grade students (primary)

• Diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds

• English and English Language Learners

• Foundation in addition and subtraction

• Prior knowledge in graphs/charts

• Concrete-operational stage (Piaget,1952)

• Familiar with general computer and Internet uses and navigation

Fourth grade teachers (secondary)

• Receive professional development or training in incorporating technology into curriculum

• May not be experts in mathematical education

Why fourth grade mathematics?

• Mathematics needed in real-life situation

• Visual representations commonly used daily life and workplace

• Charts/graphs/data analysis is basis for future math classes (reduce interventions)

Data• New York is ranked 26

out of 51 (including the District of Columbia) in 4th grade mathematics proficiency.

• In TIMMS study

• 96% U.S. students perform seatwork during math class

• 78.1% teachers simply state the rules rather than discuss

(Hiebert et al, 2000, p.6)

**National Math Average = 39% (NAEP)

Competitive Analysis

Phase 2

Media Selection

• Virtual Online Restaurant

• Familiar

• Situated

• Engaging

• Relevant

FlowchartSetupSetup

Inside the RestaurantInside the Restaurant

Flowchart

FlowchartTownscapeTownscape

Welcome Page

• Constructivist Epistemology (Reiser & Dempsey, 2007)

• Constructivism (Piaget, 1950)

• Social Constructivism (Vygotsky, 1978)

• Situated Learning (Brown, Collins, & Duguid, 1989)

• CSCL (Koschmann, 1996, Stahl, G., 1999, Soloway, E. et al., 1996, Scadamalia, M. and Bereiter, C., 1991

• Genderflexing (Goldman, 1998)

Group Setup

• Distributed Cognition (Brown et al, 1989, p.32 & Pea, 1993)

• Person-Plus (Perkins, 1993)

• Collaboration (Feltovich, et al, 1996)

Cuisine Setup

• Personalization Principle (Moreno & Mayer, 2010)

Stockroom

TownscapeFeeding AvatarFeeding Avatar

It’s been a while since I last ate! I’m hungry!

TownscapeChoosing RestaurantChoosing Restaurant

TownscapeGeneralGeneral

TownscapePurchase foodPurchase food

Challenges

• Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1978)

Register

ArtifactoryPersonalPersonal

Perspectivity (Goldman, 1995, 2007)

Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Feltovich, et. al. 1996)

ArtifactoryPeer VisitorPeer Visitor

Grapher

Teacher View

Teachers• Questionnaires

- Current curriculum• Group observation sessions | Talk-aloud• One-on-one tool testing

Students• Pre-/Post-testing• Questionnaires

- Experience• Group setting | Observation | Talk-aloud• One-on-one | Talk-aloud• Group setting observation | Discussion• Usage time

Formative Evaluation

Summative EvaluationTeachers and Students

• Diagnosis & Ongoing Feedback

- Student progress

• Reaction

- Questionnaires about program and course content

- Talk-aloud

Students• Results & Summary Statistics

- Student standardized test scores

- Pre- and post- tests

- Final Artifactory artifacts

• Artifactory

- Portfolio

- Testing of related skills (skills transfer)

- Analysis and Discussion between students and teacher

- Elements from other classes

- Tutoring younger students on using Restaurant Runners

Summative Evaluation

Teachers and Students

• Diagnosis & Ongoing Feedback

- Student progress

• Reaction

- Questionnaires about program and course content

- Talk-aloud

Summative EvaluationStudents

• Results & Summary Statistics

- Student standardized test scores

- Pre- and post- tests

- Final Artifactory artifacts

• Artifactory

- Portfolio

- Testing of related skills (skills transfer)

- Analysis and Discussion between students and teacher

- Elements from other classes

- Tutoring younger students on using Restaurant Runners

Future Directions

• Other Disciplines

• Nutrition

• Business

• Culture

• Resource Management and Economy

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