Fraction Narrative Assessment

Learner: Isaac and William   Learning Coach: Mr Hattie          Date: 1 July 2016

Learning Area: Learning Habitat 1 - Mathematics

Learning Observed

I had Isaac and William come up to me with a problem. Isaac said “The math we do is too easy for me Mr Hattie”. William agreed with Isaac. I decided ‘well, if it hard you want then hard math you will get!’. So, I wrote a fraction on the board - ¾ - and both William and Isaac said “I know that one Mr Hattie.” I simply replied “What is that as a percentage and decimal?”. They both looked stumped. I said “use the site Khan Academy and see if you can teach each other how to solve this, do you have the Capabilities?”. They both went away and in 15 minutes they were back with huge smiles on their faces. “We did it!” and sure enough they had. William and Isaac used their Capabilities and Collaboration to teach themselves how to convert fractions to decimals and percentages. They showed the Key Competency of Managing Self and Thinking.

Evidence of learning

Isaac and William working out the different problems to practice their new skills.

Next Learning Steps

William and Isaac’s next learning steps are: Simplify fractions and finding equivalent fractions. Finding a fraction of a decimal.