MJ Jones Portfolio

Remediations

Curriculum Design and Examples

In healthcare, I created a remedation that addressed Appropriate forms of play, please see Just Culture

Units, Measurements, and SIGFIGs

2015-2017, Venture Academy

StartUp

If you go to the hardware store to purchase a 6-foot piece of lumber, and you'll be utilizing the service where they cut it to size, what number do you give the technician?

A.) 6 feet

B.) 72 inches

C.) 72.0 inches

D.) 182 cm

The answer is, it depends on how accurate the cut is needed.

In this lesson we addressed concepts of:

Accuracy
Measurement techniques and tools
Units of reporting and usage
Significant Figures (SIGFIGs)

For this lesson:

- Significant results with pre-and post-tests
- SIG FIGS & Measurements (pdf)

Image: Reddit

What Does the Graph Say?

2016-2017, Venture Academy

Improving Data Literacy
Students were having difficulty creating and reading graphs, so I created an interlude where we created some of our own and then explored several types.

Reading Comprehension

2014, Utah County Academy of Sciences

I analyzed ACT scores, identified reading comprehension as a common thread for improvement, particularly among BIPOC students, and developed and delivered a remedial curriculum, resulting in a 17% increase in test scores among 150 students.