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Trainer’s Log
Seventh Grade Math – Montevallo
The AMSTI program is interested in learning more about the impact of the professional development on
the way the program is implemented in the classroom. It is important that we understand what material
is covered and what methods are used to present it to teachers. Information collected from the AMSTI
trainers will provide useful feedback that will help improve future trainings and on‐going professional
development.
Please complete this cover page on the first day of training and one brief training log at the end of each day
of training. Your responses will be kept confidential. Data will be reported in the aggregate and no
individuals will be named.
Thank you for your cooperation. We appreciate your help!
Trainer Name___________________________________________
Date(s) you will be training ___/___/______ ‐ ___/___/______
Background information:
1. How many years of teaching experience do you have? (Circle one.)
None
1‐5
6‐10
11‐15
16 or more
2. Have you previously taught in an AMSTI school (not including a LAMST school)? ____Yes ____No
3. In what years (if any) did you conduct training at an AMSTI or LAMST summer institute in the past?
(Circle yes or no for each year.)
2002:
Yes
No
2003:
Yes
No
2004:
Yes
No
2005:
Yes
No
____ I have never before trained at an AMSTI/LAMST summer institute.
4. Not including your work as a trainer for AMSTI/LAMST, how many years have you conducted
professional development in the areas of math and/or science? (Circle one.)
None
1‐5
6‐10
11‐15
16 or more
Daily Trainer’s Log – 7th Grade Math
Please complete this log at the end of each training day. Please attach a copy of any materials
you used today (e.g., handouts, quizzes or assessment tools) that were not in participants’
packets.
Name: __________________________________
Date:____________
Content Coverage
1. Below is a list of curricular units from the Connected Math Grade 7 materials. For each
topic listed, please circle the response that best describes the extent to which you covered
the content in your training session today. We do not expect that all topics will be
covered each day. If you covered other topics today that are not listed, please describe the
topics and indicate the extent to which you covered those topics in the “other” rows
provided. Use additional space as needed.
Enlarging figures using rubber‐
band stretchers and
coordinating plotting
Visualizing similar and
distorted transformations
informally
Identifying similar figures by
side lengths and angles
Recognizing scale factors for
similar figures
Reptiles: Building and dividing
shapes
Understanding the relationship
between similarity and
equivalent fractions
Understanding areas of similar
figures
Understanding similar
triangles: rules
Understanding similar
rectangles: rules
Solving for unknown lengths
with scale factors
Making connections to the real
world
None
A little bit
Moderate
Most of it
Completely
1
None
A little bit
Moderate
Most of it
Completely
Making connections to algebra
Making connections to
geometry
Using geometry software
Using writing in
mathematics
Other, please describe:
Other, please describe:
Teaching methods
2. For today, approximately what percentage of time did you spend with your group doing each
of the following?
None
1‐25%
26% ‐50%
51%‐75%
76%‐100%
Lecture
0
1
2
3
4
Lesson demonstrations/modeling
0
1
2
3
4
Skills practice
0
1
2
3
4
Small‐group discussion
0
1
2
3
4
Whole‐group discussion
0
1
2
3
4
Hands‐on activities
0
1
2
3
4
Computer‐based instruction
0
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
Other practices, please describe:
Other practices, please describe:
3. What do you think was the most effective part of today’s training?
4. If you could change anything about the training today, what would you change?
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File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative: Trainer’s Log |
Author | AED_USER |
File Modified | 2006-11-20 |
File Created | 2006-11-20 |