DreamBox Math: How Can I See If a Student Is Struggling? (Educators)

The DreamBox Math educator and family dashboards help teachers and families determine which students need extra assistance. 

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Students who are struggling during lessons or falling behind our recommended DreamBox Math usage each week are identified with the caution symbol.

Alerts and Achievements: May Need Attention

The Alerts and Achievements section of the Home page highlights which students may need your attention as well as standards and lesson groups your students have completed for the selected week.

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To see the lessons that triggered the alert, click the arrow next to May Need Attention to expand the section, and  then click view student activity next to a student to open the Activity Feed. 

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Digging deeper into the student's progress:

  • Select the student in the Home Page filters to view their weekly usage, lesson recommendations, and what they are currently playing. 
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Click here to open a refresher on where to open and filter the Home page. 
  • Open and review the Standards report for the selected student.
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Click here to learn more about the student-level Standards report. 
  • Review the student's Activity Feed. 
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  • Scroll down to the next section to learn more about how to identify struggling students using the Activity Feed and possible next steps. 
  • Click here to learn more about the Activity Feed report. 

 

Activity Feed: Lesson May Need Attention

The Activity Feed report shows a list of all lessons that all students in a classroom or a selected student have worked on over the past 30 days. 

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Lesson Cards: No Demonstrated Understanding & Lesson May Need Attention

When a student is struggling during a lesson, lesson cards will show one of these two icons: 

Icon Meaning
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The student completed a lesson without demonstrating understanding. If a student does not demonstrate understanding, the program will adapt by either presenting the student with the same lesson so they can try it again, or present a different lesson that may better meet their learning needs. 

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Check the lesson attempts at the bottom of the card to see if this is the first time the student played this lesson or if they have played it more than once without demonstrating understanding. 
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The student is struggling with the content of a lesson or lesson group and may need attention.

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How to Help 

Play a sample of the lesson in the Activity Feed

In the lesson card, click the Demo Lesson button and play through the sample lesson to understand the concept, tasks and manipulatives, and  to listen to the lesson prompt and try using the manipulative to work through the lesson. 

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Watch the Lesson Highlight

If you have access to Lesson Highlights and the student played the lesson within the last two weeks:

  • Return to the Home Page

  • In the Home Page filters, select this student's classroom and student name.

  • Search through the student's Lesson Highlights

  • Watch the student's lesson highlight playback for this lesson to identify where the student is struggling.

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Click here to learn more about Lesson Highlights. 

Assign a similar topic and coach the student as they play

When coaching the student, it is important that you do not solve the problems for them, but that you guide the student through how to think through the problems. Because DreamBox Math is adaptive, completing lessons for the student would cause the program to move them forward in the curriculum when they may not be ready.

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