Student-Centered Learning with the Open Access Common Core Collection

Student-Centered Learning with the Open Access Common Core Collection for Mathematics and ELA

With an approach to learning that emphasizes depth of student learning, the Open Access Common Core Course Collection for Mathematics and English Language Arts aims to:

  • Promote student academic behaviors within a motivating and engaging digital classroom.
  • These include the ability of students to work independently, to collaborate effectively with others, to take personal responsibility for learning, to persevere in mastering new concepts and ideas, and to continuously revise work to a higher standard of performance.
  • Support teachers in the classroom by embedding delivery and content supports in the design of each unit.

These teaching supports are integrated within each unit through the use of detailed notes for teachers on classroom instructional routines, as well as guidance on the delivery and support of specific lesson materials to students.

Project Units

To further develop necessary academic behaviors and skills, individual students and groups take part in a variety of project-based learning activities designed expressly to meet the needs of the CCSS. Project-based learning enables students to learn as they progress from planning to execution to final project creation. This hands-on, student-centered approach to problem solving and critical thinking encourages students to pursue their own interests as they acquire essential skills, creativity, collaborative problem solving, and the use of digital media to help complete challenging tasks.

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