Noelene Dunn's Blog

These are my reflections on teaching and learning in a secondary school. My professional inquiry is about making teaching, learning and feedback visible and sharing NCEA L1 data with learners to inform my teaching practice so that there is a shift in academic achievement of Maori Learners to meet our 2017 school target of 80% achieving NCEA L1 Numeracy. 50% of our Maori Learners achieved L1 Numeracy the previous year compared to our national decile equivalent of 68.7%

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Linear Algebra - Hypothesis

Hypothesis generation and testing: identifying and systematically testing possible explanations for the problem

Students were introduced to this standard at the end of the previous year as a “jumpstart programme” where year 10’s made a start on NCEA L1. Of the 10 Maori learners in my class this year, only 1 was at school on a regular basis for “jumpstart”, 2 were new to the college and the remaining 7 had erratic attendance. Students were at varying levels of confidence from the outset, so conferencing was an almost daily part of teaching and learning