Mathematics

The Role of the Institutional Setting in Teachers’ Development of Ambitious Instructional Practices in Middle-Grades Mathematics (Jackson, Cobb, McGraner)

Author/Presenter

Kara Jackson

Paul Cobb

Kristin McGraner

Year
2009
Short Description

Three DR-K12 projects report findings on aspects of the institutional setting of teaching that affects teachers’ development of ambitious instructional practices in middle-school mathematics.

TED TALK -- Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

Author/Presenter

Dan Meyer

Year
2010
Short Description

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

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

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.

Teacher Quality, Quality Teaching, and Student Outcomes: Measuring the Relationships (Hill)

Author/Presenter

Heather Hill

Year
2009
Short Description

Many assume that better-quality teachers will lead to improvements in the quality of teaching and,thus, student outcomes. Over the past decade, a program has been developed of research around measuring key components of mathematical teacher quality and the mathematical quality of teaching. This session describes the efforts to develop these measures.

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Teacher Quality, Quality Teaching, and Student Outcomes: Measuring the Relationships (Hill)

Author/Presenter

Heather Hill

Year
2009
Short Description

Many assume that better-quality teachers will lead to improvements in the quality of teaching and,thus, student outcomes. Over the past decade, a program has been developed of research around measuring key components of mathematical teacher quality and the mathematical quality of teaching. This session describes the efforts to develop these measures.

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Supporting the Next Generation of “Stewards” in Mathematics Education

This paper describes Supporting Research, Service and Teaching in Mathematics Education, or STaR, is a program designed to support new faculty who have taken a tenure-track mathematics education position in a U.S. institution of higher education.

Author/Presenter

Reys, Barbara

Reys, Robert

Year
2012
Short Description

This paper describes Supporting Research, Service and Teaching in Mathematics Education, or STaR, is a program designed to support new faculty who have taken a tenure-track mathematics education position in a U.S. institution of higher education.

Supporting Children's Problem Solving

“Help! I’m stuck!” How many times have you heard a student make a similar plea? What do you consider when deciding how to respond? What reasoning is most productive? As part of a large research proj¬ect, we explored these questions with 131 prospective and practicing teach¬ers and found patterns in their reasoning. Consider how teachers and professional developers can use these patterns to better sup¬port children during problem solving.

Author/Presenter

Jacobs, V.R.

Philipp, R.A.

Year
2010
Short Description

“Help! I’m stuck!” How many times have you heard a student make a similar plea? What do you consider when deciding how to respond? What reasoning is most productive? As part of a large research project, we explored these questions with 131 prospective and practicing teachers and found patterns in their reasoning. Consider how teachers and professional developers can use these patterns to better support children during problem solving.

Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length (Cullen, Barrett)

Cullen, C. J., & Barrett, J. E., (2010) Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length. In M. Pinto & T. Kawasaki (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, pp. 281-288. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Author/Presenter

Cullen, C.

Barrett, J.

Year
2010
Short Description

Cullen, C. J., & Barrett, J. E., (2010) Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length. In M. Pinto & T. Kawasaki (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, pp. 281-288. Belo Horizonte, Brazil: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Standards in K-12 Tech Literacy & Engineering: Implications for Design & Research (Schunn)

Author/Presenter

Christian Schunn

Year
2009
Short Description

Join the panelists from the plenary presentation to continue conversations about common
standards in each of the STEM disciplines.

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