Blended Learning Energizes High School Math Students (Tech2Learn Series)
Educator Peter McIntosh helps his students to take ownership of their learning by using interactive subject-mastery tools like Khan Academy.聽
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Peter McIntosh teaches math at Oakland Unity High School, a high-expectation charter school in Oakland, CA.
Khan Academy is an educational website featuring over three thousand videos in many core academic subjects. Students work through interactive challenges at their own pace, while teachers have access to interactive dashboards to monitor and assess student progress.
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In the first six months after moving to blended learning by integrating Khan Academy tools, Peter McIntosh and former Oakland Unity principal David Castillo noted a dramatic shift in student test scores, along with students taking more responsibility for their own math education. On this landing page, education blog describes the report they compiled to share their results. You can download the full report . McIntosh and Castillo also co-authored two blog posts for Getting Smart on their experiences, and
One of the great things about Khan, McIntosh says, is that it encourages students to persevere, and now, through the use of the site, his students are doing more problems. This chart shows how the number of Khan exercises students do is reflected in their test scores.
These graphs show some of the gains McIntosh's students made after the class began integrating Khan Academy.
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