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This project, featured in a WMDT article, highlights a transformative approach to education aimed at students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The initiative was designed to engage K-12 students by integrating culturally relevant content into the curriculum, ensuring that students see themselves and their histories reflected in their education.
Problem:
The Angle Relationships & Triangles HyperDoc was developed by Jocelyn Martin to address a critical educational challenge: students often struggle with understanding and applying geometric concepts, particularly the relationships between angles in triangles. These abstract concepts can be difficult for many learners to grasp, leading to significant gaps in their mathematical knowledge.
Audience:
The primary audience for this project included K-12 students, particularly those from minority backgrounds, as well as fellow educators who were inspired to adopt similar practices in their own classrooms.
Our Role:
Jocelyn Martin's responsibilities as the lead educator and project developer included designing and implementing the curriculum, facilitating discussions connecting students' cultural identities to their learning, and mentoring other teachers to adopt these practices.
Angles and Lines HyperDoc
The "Pizza Angles and Lines HyperDoc" is an innovative instructional tool designed to make the concepts of angles and lines engaging and accessible to students. Created by Jocelyn Martin, this HyperDoc utilizes the familiar and enjoyable context of pizza to help students visualize and understand geometric principles in a real-world setting.
Objective: The lesson is structured to guide students through the identification and application of perpendicular lines, parallel lines, and the angles formed when parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. By relating these mathematical concepts to something as relatable as a pizza, the lesson captures students' attention and makes learning both fun and memorable.
Project Role: Jocelyn Martin, serving as the lead instructional designer, developed this HyperDoc to address the challenge of making abstract geometric concepts more tangible and relevant for learners. Her approach integrates multimedia resources, interactive activities, and practical applications to ensure students not only understand the content but also see its relevance in everyday life.
Outcome: By the end of the lesson, students have not only gained a deeper understanding of lines and angles but have also learned to appreciate the presence of math in the world around them. This HyperDoc successfully blends education with creativity, making abstract concepts more approachable and enjoyable for students.
