Do your Grade 4-8 students struggle with math word problems? Do you struggle to help them? You are not alone and we have an evidence-based solution for you. Pirate Math Equation Quest (PMEQ) Additive and Multiplicative Schemas is a math word-problem intervention for fourth though eighth grade students experiencing math difficulty. During PMEQ, students receive explicit instruction on reading, interpreting, setting up, and solving word problems with a focus on schemas. 

Learning objectives include:

• Learning the why - what works and what doesn't in word-problem instruction
• Identifying three additive schemas and one multiplicative schema
• Learning five activity routines to implement PMEQ
  

Do your students struggle with math word problems? Do you struggle to help them? You are not alone and we have an evidence-based solution for you. Pirate Math Equation Quest (PMEQ) is a math word-problem intervention for students experiencing math difficulty. During PMEQ, students receive explicit instruction on reading, interpreting, setting up, and solving word problems with a focus on schemas. This course is the first in a series intended to enable educators to know what the research says to do and not do when teaching word problems, understand more deeply schema instruction (a "to do"), and then access materials and training to implement PMEQ.  

Learning objectives include:

• Learning the why - what works and what doesn't in word-problem instruction
• Understanding schema-based instruction

If the students you serve are Grades 1-3, after this introductory course you are encouraged to take the PMEQ Additive Schema course.  If your students are Grade 4 and up, you should instead take the PMEQ Additive/Multiplicative Schema course because older students need both and we'll cover both in one course. 

Data use is central to everything we do in Tier 2!  This course builds off of the lessons learned in the Tier 2 Overview and Practices courses.  Here we explore the important ways that data are used to identify students in need of support, match that support to need, monitor progress, and make both individual student and group intervention decisions. Emphasis is placed on understanding the characteristics of data and effective data use. Participants completing this course will be well-poised to refine and improve data routines supporting effective Tier 2 implementation. 

Please note that you must complete the Tier 2 Overview course first. Upon successful completion of that course, you will get an enrollment key to enroll in the other courses in the strand, including this course.  

This is the second course in the Tier 2 strand.  Expanding on the information introduced in the Tier 2 Overview course, here we explore "Practices" - the support provided to students who are at some risk of not achieving successful outcomes.  Emphasis is placed on understanding the characteristics of Tier 2 support with a specific focus on how to find and select the right evidence-based interventions for successful Tier 2 practices.  Participants completing this course will be well poised to move on to the next two courses in the Tier 2 strand, Data Use and Systems.

Please note that you must complete the Tier 2 Overview course first. Upon successful completion of that course, you will get an enrollment key to enroll in the other courses in the strand, including this course.