ADDIE: Implementation

Gain the learner’s attention.

Project the Common Craft video explanation of a wiki housed in the Math Mavericks PBwiki front page. Ask students how they find information when they are stuck on math homework problems. Focus on the difficulty in finding answers that align exactly to the problem they are working on. Similar info is easy to find, but it is sometimes difficult to find immediately relevant help.

Ask students what they do if they disagree with information they find on a website and if they are aware that users create and maintain the content on specific types of websites called wikis.

Communicate learning objectives and standards to students.

Use the front page and example pages to orient learners to the wiki environment while communicating expectations.California Content Standards:

Problem Solving and Mathematical Reasoning:
Students select and use appropriate concepts and techniques from different areas of mathematics to find solutions.

Additional mathematics content standards addressed will vary according to the type of problem each student chooses to explain in the wiki.

Stimulate the learner’s prior knowledge.

Ask students how they find answers to questions using the Internet. Accept all answers, guiding students toward the website Wikipedia.com

Present the content.

Project the screencast video explanation of the project.

Distribute paper version of the Problem Solving worksheet to students.Using a projection of the Math Mavericks website, ask students to take turns reading the Getting Started page of the wiki aloud. Check for clarification at each step.

Revisit the examples of a finished and unfinished page. Ask students to comment on each page. Compare and contrast using a T Chart on the whiteboard.

Guide the learner’s application of the content using semantic encoding techniques.

Students select a problem for his/her wiki entry.Each student works through the problem- solving steps on the worksheet. Circulate to answer questions and assiststudents’ wording of problem-solving steps.

Practice the application of concepts.

Students edit wiki pages. Continue to circulate to provide assistance as necessary.Ask students to write their names on the whiteboard/flipchart paper as pages are completed.

Provide feedback to the learners.

Circulate to provide individual feedback as students work at computer stations.Students provide feedback on completed pages in the comments section of particular wiki pages. Feedback should contain at least one aspect the reviewer likes and one suggestion for improvement.

Assess the learner’s performance.

The teacher provides feedback in the comment section.The assignment’s score is complete or incomplete.

Students are required to create 100% correct pages before moving on to the assessment of the assignment.

Enhance concept retention and transfer to novel situations.

The student’s assessment of retention occurs through the creation of a second wiki page following the same processes as the page created with guidance.The teacher comments on complete pages to notify students when (s)he is ready to edit a second page.

The teacher creates the page for the student or assists the student with creating a new page for the assessment. The second page is assessed using a rubric.