College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-05 07:16:38
Major
Adolescent to Young Adult
Honors Course
5300:430-002
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2022
Abstract
In this research project, the research question of “How does the online curriculum and resources on Desmos impact student learning and success in the classroom?” will be addressed. The goal of this project is to analyze different activities on the Desmos website for high school students and see how effective they would be at increasing student learning. The different Desmos sections where these activities can be found are: Exponential Functions, Functions, Inequalities, Linear Functions, Linear Systems, Quadratic Functions, and Modeling. There are 50 total activities within these groups, and these selected activities will be analyzed for this project. To reach this goal, these activities will be analyzed based on a chart that can be found in Appendix A. There will be eight sections to rate each activity on, and these criteria come from Common Core's Standards for Student Mathematical Practice. These eight criteria include: 1) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them, 2) Reason abstractly and quantitatively, 3) Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others, 4) Model with mathematics, 5) Use appropriate tools strategically, 6) Attend to precision, 7) Look for and make use of structure, and 8) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Lynne M. Pachnowski
First Reader
Carrie Ann Tomko
Second Reader
Jennifer Zwick
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Lynne M. Pachnowski
Recommended Citation
Kurt, Marlaina, "Analysis of the High School Math Desmos Curriculum" (2022). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1567.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1567