Inspired middle school students post “amazing” results on Florida EOC assessments
More than 4,800 Sarasota County middle school students used TI-Nspire™ CX technology daily in STEMsmart TechActive classrooms in 2013-14. Every one of them met or exceeded proficiency requirements on that year’s Geometry and Algebra 1 End-of-Course exams.
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“One hundred percent of the students in our STEMsmart classrooms using the TI technology [on a daily basis] were proficient on our End-of-Course Algebra exam last year - 100%. To me, that’s amazing.”
Page Dettmann, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Sarasota County Middle School Education
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CHALLENGE
Five years ago, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation took a hard look at the question: Are Florida’s schools preparing students for the post-secondary academic and career challenges that await them?
Its conclusion: Traditional methods of teaching and learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (e.g., memorization and calculation) were not up to the task. A complete overhaul was required.
SOLUTION
The STEMsmart TechActive classroom, part of Gulf Coast’s larger STEMsmart initiative that includes Sarasota County Schools, was created to transform the learning experience, enhance students’ academic achievement and exam results and promote readiness in STEM-related college programs and careers.
Now established in all eight Sarasota County middle schools, STEMsmart classrooms are interactive, collaborative learning environments in which TI-Nspire™ CX handhelds and TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator™ Systems are used daily.
RESULT
Every student in the Sarasota County middle schools’ STEMsmart classrooms demonstrated a satisfactory or better level of success on the 2013-14 Florida EOC Algebra 1 and Geometry EOC assessments.
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