Algebra

Pre-Service Teachers' Knowledge for Teaching Algebra for Equity in the Middle Grades: A Preliminary Report

Algebra
Cyberlearning
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Professional Development
Middle
Access Link: 
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtS...
Author/Presenter: 
Irving Brown
Trina Davis
Gerald Kulm
Lead Organization(s): 
Texas A&M University
Year: 
2011
Short Description: 

This article presents our plans and initial work to explore how mathematics teacher education programs can prepare teachers for diverse middle grades classrooms. It describes the start-up of a five-year National Science Foundation project to design, develop, and test technology-enriched teacher preparation strategies to address equity in algebra learning. The participants in this pilot group demonstrated a need to develop their mathematical problem-solving skills, but they also exhibited strong beliefs about their own potential to be successful in the mathematics classroom. Preliminary results appear to indicate that Second Life (software) simulations can provide rich settings for teacher development on specific mathematics teaching skills and challenge them to apply their ideas about diversity. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.)

Teaching Mathematics, Teaching Students, Teaching Mathematics to Students (Thompson, Miller)

Algebra
Mathematics
Middle
High
Access Link: 
http://cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/THOMPSON%202009-11%20NSF%20DRk-12.pdf
Author/Presenter: 
Patrick Thompson
Christina Miller
Year: 
2009
Short Description: 

This session considers teachers’ transitions from teacher-centered mathematics to student-centered mathematics, including issues of meaning, coherence, and learnability, as well as the importance of working with colleagues.

Developing Algebra-ready students for Middle School: Exploring the Impact of Early Algebra (Blanton, Knuth)

Algebra
Mathematics
Middle
Author/Presenter: 
Maria Blanton
Eric Knuth
Year: 
2009
Short Description: 

This is a 3-year project designed to build the preliminary components for investigating the impacts of early algebra education on students’ algebra readiness in middle grades.

Resource(s): 
Office presentation icon BLANTON Algebra_DRK-12_poster_2009.ppt

Transition to Algebra PD and Curriculum Orientation

Submitted by Mary Fries on

Event Date: 
Thu, 08/23/2012 - 8:30am to 12:00pm
Event Contact: 
Mary Fries

We invite teachers, coaches, and other instructional leaders who will be using Transition to Algebra materials in the upcoming school year to a special orientation at Education Development Center (EDC). Transition to Algebra is a full-year algebra support curriculum that focuses on building algebraic habits of mind in order to raise the competence and confidence of students who may need extra support to succeed in a first-year algebra class. Find out more at ttalgebra.edc.org.

Discipline / Topic: 
Algebra
Curriculum
Professional Development
Event Type: 
Workshop

What Do We Do with the Kids Who “Aren’t Ready” for Algebra?

Algebra
Day: 
Thu

Presenters from two projects developing and researching ninth-grade “double-period” algebra approaches and materials present their distinct but compatible perspectives. Group discussion is encouraged.

Date/Time: 
1:45 pm to 3:45 pm
Session Type: 
PI-organized Discussion
Presenters: 
E. Paul Goldenberg
June Mark
James Lynn
Martin Gartzman
Susan Hull
Location: 
Tidewater I & II
Session Materials: 
PDF icon Session PPT.pdf

Having students enter high school “unready” for algebra is not a new or rare problem. The challenges, frankly, are vast. Students identified as “unready” are extremely varied, as are the reasons they are included in specialized classes. Some, for example, are mathematically competent, but included “for English language support.” More, of course, have some difficulty specific to mathematics. Of those, many are weak in arithmetic.

Pages

Subscribe to Algebra