Why?

The dreaded math class!!  It is the place where students “sit and get,” then go home to work problems on worksheets and realize that they really didn’t “get.”  I am one of the teachers that droned on all day, sent home worksheet after worksheet, and could not understand why students were not turning in work.  Didn’t they care about their grade?  They did care, but they were lost.  I was exhausted, my students were frustrated, and not much student growth was occurring.  My job is to help students and I was not being faithful to my philosophy or learning manifesto.  

I began to search for a way to help my students be successful.  After much research and ​my literature review, I discovered blended learning with stations.  ​Blended learning incorporates technology providing options for personalizing education for every student (Horn & Staker, 2013).  Blended learning also provides students with more opportunies to master a subject (Bersin, 2004)

Resources

Bersin, J. (2004). The blended learning book: best practices, proven methodologies, and lessons learned. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

Guiamhussein, A. (2013, September). Teaching Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability READ THE     REPORT Center for Public Education. Retrieved from                                          https://www.academia.edu/28440314/Teaching_Effective_Professional_Development_in_an_Era_of_High_Stakes_Accountability_READ_THE_REPORT_Center_for_Public_Education

Horn, M. B., Staker, H., & Christensen, C. M. (2017). Blended: using disruptive innovation to improve schools. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.