Offered: August 24-26, 8:30-3:30, and September 27th 4:00-6:00
Location: Miller Elementary School
Must have taken How Math Teaching Matters in the past 6 years. During this seminar for grades K-12 teachers, you will “do math” with colleagues, analyze classroom tools and artifacts, and discuss readings as contexts for sense making about current and historically important research on effective mathematics classrooms – with particular emphasis on instruction that fosters the development of mathematically productive student mindsets and engagement.
You will gain research-based teaching tools, structures, and strategies designed specifically to:
- Align with research on student motivation and engagement and how students learn math
- Support every student in developing a growth mindset (Dweck) as a mathematician: “With effort I can understand and achieve in math.”
- Support you in recognizing and eliminating status issues known to inhibit mathematics learning
- Assure that every student engages in powerful mathematical habits of mind and habits of interaction – with particular emphasis on conjecturing, justifying, and generalizing
- Foster achievement of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics Content and Mathematical Practice
- Increase the mathematical quality and cognitive level of every student’s engagement
- This course deepens and extends many ideas explored in the seminar, Best Practices in Teaching Mathematics: How Math Teaching Matters, while introducing new perspectives and practices that support fine-tuning your teaching to maximize student engagement and learning.
- You will design an Action Plan that focuses on creating a classroom culture in which all students engage continuously and productively in mathematical reasoning and sense making.
2 Graduate Credits will be offered
For more information, please email Kerry Morton
