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Kei waenganui te akonga - Kei manawa te akonga
Bernie Wills
Assistant Head of Learning Area Mathematics
Frances Horne
Co-Head of Learning Area Mathematics
frances.horne@hvhs.school.nz bernie.wills@hvhs.school.nz
Co-educational school in Lower Hutt
1750 students and 160 staff
Reflection at end 2016 Flipped learning
Look and feel of rooms Student written internals
Assessments driving course More emphasis on group work
Teaching/timing Class work self paced
MindLab Post-Grad Certificate Combined y9 and 10 classes
Existing school structure CoreEd Modern Assessment course
What assessment issues are we currently grappling with
Pre 2017
Move to context based questions has increased
2017
literacy requirements (not just bare skills) Flipped
Focus on number of credits achieved (rather Student written internal assessment
than deeper understanding) tasks (option)
Too many topics within courses (insurance) Variability of externals (esp L1)
Excellence difficult (key words vs extended Internal moderation
abstract thinking)
Interruptions stressful
• The flexibility - I can fit my maths assessment into weeks which I don’t have other assessments which helps
me and I can chose which Standards to do based on what I’m interested in and what will be useful in the
future. I also like that we have the opportunity to do Level 2 and challenge ourselves.
• Freedom/ Independence (overwhelming top answer)
• Going at your own pace I.e. not being 'left behind' so to speak
• I can take my time learning and I don’t feel rushed to finish something I’m not even confident with
• That you can choose when you want to assess and when you want to assess it
• That it is independent learning (driven by ourselves)
• I like how everything is set up so I know exactly how much more I have to learn for the topic
• vidoes much better than being taught in class, writing questions also much better
• Can replay the videos
• Choosing when you want to do the assessments because it is less stressful when you have things due in other
subjects you can fit maths ones in around it
• The freedom to chose what I want to do and that I can go at my own pace. I like how I can do level two maths
over two years.
• I can do what I want, when I want to do it. As long as I finish
What do you find difficult about this course?
• Staying on task
• Motivation
• Time management
• Making sure I am not taking too long to complete the work for an internal
• was hard to write a question at first with not much help as we havent done that before
No whole class teaching. Marking much harder. Students still slack off. Still hard to motivate students.
Videos not yet as good quality as we would like.
Find hard:
• managing the classroom with lots of needs (especially when they all assess near the same time so
making sure I've checked all their work).
• those students that are unmotivated and do nothing
• making the videos ha ha (but I do plan to get better at them... next time it will be awesome! Promise!)
• ensuring I know the content so can help them
2018 teachers comments
Calm atmosphere. No whole class teaching. Talk to students when they are ready. Students learn when
they are ready. Student are getting good grades. Better than what they would have had. Videos great to
rely on.
Some students are very slow starters, but at least they haven’t failed anything.
I get to use my lesson actually spending time assisting students. I know my students far better as a result.
Students who have missed school (for genuine reasons or not) don't have to miss out. Overall I find the
vibe in the classroom more positive and more on task than in a traditional class. Most students are really
enjoying the flexibility.
Like - students working at their own pace (especially allowing those bright students to take-off and work at
their ability)
- ability for one-on-one assistance
- relationship building that this system encourages
- choice for students
- time to spend with lower end students
2018 teachers comments
I think it is particularly good for our Year 11 students as they are essentially doing Level 2 Maths over 2
years, which means they are not rushing through it and have time to get a deeper understanding of the
work. I love the fact that many students are achieving success because they are allowed to sit the
assessment when they feel ready, rather than on a particular date.
It is a very different style of teaching, but I really enjoy the one on one times that I have with each student.
Classes can be very busy, but I find that there is less behaviour management needed than in the past. Most
students are focused and engaged.
When they ask for help it is a very focussed question which can be quickly addressed.
I love it, seeing both the top and bottom students in the same class and being a able to help each other.
Knowing my students better and exactly where each one is at and what they need to work on, so being
able to tailor what they are doing to them. I also love getting to talk to every student each lesson.
Senior Maths classes pre 2018
NUMS
402 Year 11
12MMAT 660
341
Year 12