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Uncovering "Complex Text" in the Common Core

Uncovering "Complex Text" in the Common Core | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Complex text is a key component of the Common Core. Why? To make sure that students entering college are "ready to read college-level texts independently." 

This post dicusses how the Common Core measures complex texts with three aspects: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Readers and Tasks, providing information on each aspect. 

It also notes that the Commone Core is still a work in progress. As we move to the adoption of the Common Core standards this post helps to provide a better understanding of complex text.

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The Algebra Problem - How to Elicit Algebra Thinking Before 8th Grade

The Algebra Problem - How to Elicit Algebra Thinking Before 8th Grade | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"It’s Crazy Hair Day at Marshall Elementary School in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood—which is perfect, because Tufts University researcher Bárbara Brizuela has brought a hat.

In the stovepipe style and made from oaktag paper, the hat is one foot tall. Brizuela then asks, “If I’m five and a half feet tall, how tall will I be with the hat on?” Second-grader Jasmine, smiley in a pink sweatsuit, answers, “Six and a half feet.” Rather than say, “Right!” Brizuela offers another question: “How do you know?”

Thus begins a math conversation that researchers like Brizuela believe may hold the key to tackling one of our biggest school bugaboos: algebra."

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