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How Do I Use Shmoop's RTI Tools for Math? 147 Views
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It’s not always an easy task to nail down your students’ trouble spots, but Shmoop’s RTI math tools make it a snap to pinpoint individual strengths and weaknesses, and help you target instruction in your classroom.
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- 00:04
It’s not always an easy task to nail down your students’ trouble spots… [Hammer hitting a nail into the wall and the wall breaks]
- 00:07
…but Shmoop’s RTI tools make it a snap to pinpoint individual strengths and weaknesses… [Teacher holding an RTI gun]
- 00:12
…and help you target instruction in your classroom. [Targeting system on students]
- 00:15
First off, in “Let’s Conquer Math” there’s a benchmark test your students can take, covering
- 00:19
everything from third to eighth grade concepts.
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- 00:21
This test is adaptive, and will assess a student’s mastery…or lack thereof…in certain areas…
- 00:26
…allowing them…and you… to see what they need to spit, shine and polish to perfection. [Someone polishing a shoe]
- 00:30
They can take the benchmark test multiple times, and in fact, we recommend they take [Student using a laptop]
- 00:34
it once a month…
- 00:35
…so you can get a good grip on the trajectory of their progress.
- 00:38
By clicking on the orange button here… like this one, [The Let's Conquer Math page]
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…you’ll see a list of all related concepts, each of which is aligned to a common core
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standard…
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…as well as student progress in each area. [Arrow points out the progress bar]
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If a student isn't sure what to work on, they can click that big orange button at the top
- 00:51
and it'll direct them through our recommended path.
- 00:53
If you want to see more, you can, uh…click “See More.”
- 00:56
Now you see a full list of skills within each concept.
- 01:00
Students can click on the blue “Watch Video” button to see a video walkthrough that provides [A laptop with the student's page open]
- 01:04
help on a given skill…
- 01:05
…or they can click on the orange “Practice Now” button to be bombarded with practice
- 01:09
problem opportunities.
- 01:10
Our Math Shack program is algorithmic and adaptive. [A math test open]
- 01:13
…and can generate limitless other problems to help improve a student’s mastery.
- 01:18
Once a problem is solved, the green progress bar will advance… [Arrow pointing to the progress bar]
- 01:20
…but only slightly if a lot of time is taken, and/or numerous hints were used to get there.
- 01:26
In order to master a topic, a student will need to answer the highest level question
- 01:29
in a certain amount of time.
- 01:31
So yeah…they have to be smart and fast.
- 01:33
If a student still needs more help, they can go back to the concept, and hop into our drills. [Student using the practice page]
- 01:38
These are problems with multiple choice answers and explanations like Math Shack.
- 01:42
Here, a red star will pop up to indicate a wrong answer, and a green star for a correct [Arrow points to the answer box]
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one.
- 01:48
If the student doesn’t get the required number of green stars for a given concept…it’s
- 01:51
back to Go, do not collect $200. [Monopoly card appears]
- 01:54
Once they’re masters of their domains…and ranges…
- 01:56
…students can go back and retake the benchmark test to see how much stuff actually stuck.
- 02:00
And the good news is that our question types are similar to all the recent fancy online
- 02:04
exams your students will be taking. [Questions appear]
- 02:07
Lots of TEIs…technically enhanced items…like manipulating shapes, drag and drop, et cetera…anything [Shape being manipulated on the test]
- 02:12
that might be asked of them on test day… preparing them fully for what’s to come.
- 02:16
So that’s the program. [Teacher holding a smoking gun]
- 02:18
Now…how do you see and use all of the user data on the back end?
- 02:21
Well, let’s head on over to your Classroom.
- 02:22
You can either home in on the status of individual students, or see how your class
- 02:26
is doing on the whole.
- 02:27
Let’s start by clicking “Individual Students”…ah, there we go. [The individual students page is opened]
- 02:30
We can check out this student’s progress mastery and current progress.
- 02:34
Filter to show their progress over certain time periods, or by standard… [Person filtering the data]
- 02:37
…download a CSV…
- 02:38
…or see completed diagnostics.
- 02:40
You can see at a glance what grade level they’re performing at on each concept, so you know
- 02:44
where you’ll need to work to bring them up to speed.
- 02:46
And you’ll see when and how often they’ve taken the benchmark test, and how many topics
- 02:50
they’ve mastered.
- 02:51
By checking out the class averages, you’ll get a bigger picture vision of where your
- 02:54
class is struggling, so you can efficiently serve your entire student population.
- 02:57
Any questions, complaints, backhanded compliments? [Target is aimed at a blackboard]
- 02:59
Hit us up at support@shmoop.com. [An explosion goes off on the blackboard]
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