Michigan High School Mathematics and Science Companion Documents

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Michigan High School Mathematics and Science
Companion Documents
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Goals for This Session

• Become familiar with the mathematics and science
  companion documents
• Understand the similarities and differences
  between the formats

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• A series of documents, organized by discipline
  and units intended to provide science educators
  and assessment developers with a clearer
  understanding of the breadth and depth of the
  HSCE.

• Mathematics
• A series of documents, organized by strand
  topics intended to provide mathematics educators
  and assessment developers with a clearer
  understanding of the breadth and depth of the
  HSCE.

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• 4 documents one for each discipline
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Earth science
• Physics
• MSLA work group
• Teacher leaders and writers

• Mathematics
• Each document represents a topic from each
  strand
• Algebra Functions
• Geometry Trigonometry
• Quantitative Literacy
• Statistics Probability
• MMLA work groups
• Examples and activities provided by teachers

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Organized by units within each discipline
• Units developed by state organizations
• Each unit is organized around a big idea
• Each discipline has 12 units
• 3 weeks each teach time guidelines, not the rule

• Mathematics
• Organized by topics within each strand
• topics are defined in the HSCE documents
• Big ideas are not explicitly stated

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Each document starts out with a listing of all
  the expectations for the strand cross-referenced
  to the unit in which they appear.
• This is followed the units.

• Mathematics
• Each document starts out with a description of
  the strand and standard to which the topic
  belongs.
• This language is taken directly from the HSCE
  document
• Some standards have further clarification

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Each unit begins with the list of all the
  expectations in that unit with clarification
  statements where necessary.
• This follows the big idea and list of standards
  and content statements linked to the unit
  expectations.

• Mathematics
• After the strand and standard information, there
  is a list of all the expectations in the topic
  with clarification statements where necessary.
• Web documents have hyperlinks to clarifying
  examples and activities

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• All essential and core expectations are clarified
  when necessary and are included in the units
• Recommended are listed but not clarified and do
  not appear in the units.

• Mathematics
• All required expectations are clarified when
  necessary.
• Recommend are listed but not clarified

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Vocabulary
• from NAEP Marzano
• Real world context

• Mathematics
• Dont have these sections
• Language students need to know stated throughout
  the document
• Real-world context embedded in many of the
  examples and activities
• Resources
• Websites with more information on the topic or
  specific expectations

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science

• Mathematics
• Background Information, Tools and Representations
• A reference area that includes important
  formulas, properties, techniques, definitions
  and/or pedagogical tips for the topic in general.
  

• Instruments, Measurements, and Representations
• Representations, instruments, units of
  measurement, and categories for classification
  for the unit in general.

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Assessment information throughout the document
  for state assessments
• What is assessable?
• All CEs and Clarifications
• Vocabulary including vocabulary found within
  CE, standards and statements
• Instruments, Measurements and Representations
• What is not assessable?
• Context
• Instructional examples

• Mathematics
• Assessable content section
• Technical advice for assessment developers and
  item writers at both the state and local level.

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Instructional Examples
• 5 types
• Inquiry
• Reflection
• General
• Intervention
• Enrichment

• Mathematics
• Clarifying Examples Activities
• Include
• Description of a classroom activity
• Assessment items
• Open-ended task

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Instructional Examples
• Organized by type and address cluster of
  expectations
• Purpose

• Mathematics
• Examples Activities
• provided for each expectation in most topics
• Further clarify what an expectation means or its
  parameters
• Some address the topic as whole, e.g., A2.4 -
  Mathematical modeling

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• Instructional Examples
• Give suggestions for intervention and enrichment
  for the unit.

• Mathematics
• Examples Activities
• Many expectations have suggestions for
  intervention and enrichment approaches to the
  expectation

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Companion / Clarification Documents

• Science
• For more information
• Kevin Richard
• richardk1_at_michigan.gov
• www.michigan.gov/science

• Mathematics
• For more information
• Ruth Anne Hodges
• hodgesr3_at_michigan.gov
• www.michigan.gov/mathematics
• Or
• www.mi-math-companion.wikispaces.com