Mathematics

The Scalability and Sustainability of Professional Development: Challenges in Preparing Mathematics PD Facilitators

Mathematics
Professional Development
Scale-up
Sustainability
Day
Fri

Three projects investigating different approaches to preparing mathematics professional development facilitators will compare their approaches and discuss strengths and limitations with the participants.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Hilda Borko
Nanette Seago
Elham Kazemi
Session Materials
Borko_PPT.pdf
Overview of Three Projects Handout.doc

What are the central challenges that face research and development teams in their efforts to prepare facilitators to do the work of leading mathematics professional development? 

Supporting Implementation of the Common Core State Standards

Mathematics
Standards
Implementation
Day
Thu

In the Summer of 2010 a joint task force of ASSM, AMTE, NCSM and NCTM produced an action plan for supporting implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. This session will share the recommendations and action items. Discussion and input from the audience will be sought.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Barbara Reys
Brad Findell
Michael Shaughnessy
Diane Briars
Session Materials
Reys_PPT.ppt

What do educators need to support their implementation of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics? 

In the summer of 2010, a joint task force of ASSM, AMTE, NCSM and NCTM produced an action plan for supporting implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In this session, presenters will share and discuss the recommendations and action items, and will seek input from the audience.

Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Evaluating Diagnostic Assessments in STEM Education

Assessment
Mathematics
Science
Instrument
Day
Fri

Four DR K-12 projects will discuss opportunities and challenges that they have encountered when trying to harness psychometric models for diagnosis in science and mathematics education.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Andrew Izsak
Louis DiBello
Alan Maloney
Andre Rupp
Michael Timms
Session Materials
Rupp_PPT.ppt
DiBello_PPT.ppt
Izsak_PPT.ppt
Maloney_PPT.pptx
Timms_PPT.pptx

What are the opportunities and challenges that arise when trying to harness psychometric models for diagnosis in STEM education?        

Algebra in Early Mathematics: What is Critical?

Algebra
Mathematics
Elementary School
Day
Thu

The panel will present an overview of research-grounded evidence about what is critical for students to learn about algebra in grades 1–5.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
David Carraher
Susan Jo Russell
Deborah Schifter
E. Paul Goldenberg
Analucia Schliemann
Maria Blanton
Session Materials
Carraher_PPT.pptx

In this panel discussion, panelists will identify some ideas that are becoming well-established by researchers even though they were by no means evident just 15–20 years ago and are yet to be assimilated into curricula and teacher education programs. They will identify what they consider to be critical issues for children to make progress in algebra in grades 1–5.

Gaming to Learn

Engineering
Educational Technology
Mathematics
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Science
Technology
Day
Thu

Four NSF-funded gaming project leaders will discuss pedagogical strategies and issues related to designing and implementing STEM educational games.          

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Michael Hacker
Jodi Asbell-Clarke
Barbara Chamberlin
Douglas Clark
James Kiggens
Session Materials
Hacker_Gaming to Learn_PPT.pptx
Chamberlin Presentation

In this session, panelists from five NSF-funded gaming projects will discuss ways in which digital game-based learning can enable learner-led exploration, taking games beyond the "quiz" model many educators still think of.

References

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. HarperCollins. 

Powers, William T. (1973). Behavior: The Control of Perception. Chicago: Aldine.

Resources mentioned during the presentation:

2011 National Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Conference

Event Date
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AMTE’s Annual Conference provides an opportunity for members to share current research and practice findings.

The Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, California from Thursday, January 27 through Saturday, January 29, 2011. Conference sessions will begin on Thursday afternoon January 27 at 1:00 p.m. The General Session will begin about 5:00 p.m. on Thursday followed by dinner on your own.

Discipline/Topic
Mathematics
Event Type
Conference
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