khan academy for irish lower primary students: ncca #maths3to8 conference

Martina Sexton, St. Peters Primary, Bray Co. WicklowKelly Kirkpatrick, O’Sullivan Foundation

in Irish Primary Schools

mathletes.ie & khanacademy.org

Khan Academy in Ireland

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Research question

How does Khan Academy support

primary students engagement,

competence, and confidence in maths?

- Personalised - - Mastery-based - - Engaging - - FREE-

10m users/mo - 500k+ teachers


What is Khan Academy?A nonprofit with a mission to provide a freeworld-class education for anyone, anywhere

Khan Academy offers…• Video lessons across a wide range of

subjects

• A deeply personalized learning experience

• Thousands of math exercises from 1+1 through advanced calculus

• Hints, supporting videos, and step-by-step solutions for every problem

• Analytics and reporting for teachers

(support not replace teachers)


Khan Academy in the classroom


Research Context: blended learning

Challenges:

• Isolating variable

• Changing teacher practices

• Changing product

KA research solution

• Measure achievement & non-achievement outcomes

• Implementation v evaluation


KA research : CA schools (SRI) “...positive relationships were found

between Khan Academy use and

better-than-expected achievement

and non-achievement outcomes,

including level of math anxiety and

confidence in one's ability to do

math.”“85% (of teachers) reported that

the use of Khan Academy had

positively affected their students’

learning and understanding of the

material overall”


KA research : Chile schools (Intel)

..”KA as a digital learning

environment changes (how)

students engage with and are

engaged by the math content; it

also changes the way teachers

and students interact with each

other”“…Even though KA may plant the seeds of deeper

pedagogical changes such as mastery learning or

differentiated instruction, teachers did not need to change

their entire teaching model to start using it.. (Light & Pierson

2014)


Khan Academy in Ireland


Case study:St. Peters Primary, Bray

Upper Primary (5th & 6th) : MATHletesChallenge

Lower Primary (2nd): Classroom implementation

Methods & Instruments:

- Classroom observation, student feedback

- KA report analytics

- Variety of implementation settings


What does KA look like?

FOR STUDENTS Personalized Learning Dashboard

Missions

Personalised recs

FOR STUDENTS Personalized Learning Dashboard

examples

hints

videos

FOR TEACHERS Skill Dashboard

Student Progress Report


Activity report


FOR PARENTS


Key Findings: Overall

1. POSITIVE:

Adaptability of Khan Academy platform to fit

teacher & student needs

2. CHALLENGE:

Wifi & device access


Upper Primary – The MATHletes Experience

https://prezi.com/o663tbzqmwtd/bazinga-khan-academy-and-mathletes/

mathletes.ie & khanacademy.orgFREE to enter. €20,000 in prizes


Key Findings: Upper Primary

1. Overall increased engagement

2. Differentiation

3. School spirit

4. Peer learning


Lower Primary – The Classroom Experience

1. St. Peters Blog: vine & podcasts:

http://www.stpetersbrayblog.com/2014/11/17/2nd

-class-and-khan-academy


Key Findings: Lower Primary

1. Content pitched well

2. Significant teacher investment (digital literacy)

3. Difficulty with language

4. Best implemented in stations or learning support

5. Tool to teach students to self-teach


Adaptation potential

1. Ideally suited to learning support environment

2. Able to support differentiation in multi-grade

environments

WHAT’S NEXT?


1. Build on legitimacy. Listen for message2. Go to where the party is. 3. Participation evangelism ownership4. Celebrate rock stars

More than a competition…

Soon! Comprehensive

primary & secondary mapping completed Jan 2014

But does it align to the Irish

curriculum?

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2015Challenge launches January 5th

Martina Sexton – [email protected]

@StPetersBray // stpetersbrayblog.com

Kelly Kirkpatrick – [email protected]

@MATHletes_ie // http://mathletes.ie

in Irish Primary School

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khan academy for irish lower primary students: ncca #maths3to8 conference

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