London

What I think I **K**now about the content before CTS:
 * Common confusion between acceleration and velocity, they are seen as synonymous
 * Velocity = change in position/change in time
 * Acceleration = change in velocity/change in time
 * Ratio/proportions
 * Students struggle with using and understanding the variables of both velocity and acceleration
 * Students may struggle with dimensional analysis which will make the problem more complex
 * The ideas of ratios are fundamental to all of science
 * Understanding of rates of change can be enhanced through graphical representation
 * Students struggle with the complexities of interpreting graphs
 * Keeping track of a variable while time marches on is often challenging
 * Students seem to do better when they must explain/represent motion in various formats
 * Ratio of differences

What I **W**ant to learn about the content during CTS:
 * Students common challenges, more specifically, how to identify them in students words and actions
 * What recommendations are made to identify and confront these ideas
 * What limitations I have in my own understanding of acceleration and velocity
 * What the national standards deem important relating to acceleration
 * How describing motion in multiple formats improves or encourages student learning
 * Differences between positive or negative acceleration
 * Sequencing of topics

What I **L**earned about the content from completing CTS:
 * The resources used with CTS cover very broad topics, they did not match up with our topic; acceleration
 * The process of CTS seemed effective, however we will have to look for additional resources to match those outlined in CTS
 * The expectations of the resources in CS are for general student/public understanding of acceleration, as we are teaching Physics courses that are typically beyond the scope of what a general student encounters it is expected that those topics won't be found in the "essential" topics. We should be expected to develop the topics further.
 * State standards became one of our more guiding resources