Middle School

Cyber-enabled Design Research to Enhance Teachers' Critical Thinking Using a Major Video Collection on Children's Mathematical Reasoning (Collaborative Research: Maher)

Principal Investigator:
Carolyn Maher
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Grace Agnew
Cindy Hmelo-Silver
Marjory Palius
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Discipline/Topic:
Mathematics
Technology
Target Audience:
Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Teachers Empowered to Advance Change in Mathematics (TEACH MATH): Preparing Pre K-8 Teachers to Connect Children's Mathematical Thinking and Community-based Funds of Knowledge

Principal Investigator:
Corey Drake
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Tonya Bartell
Mary Foote
Erin Turner

Julia Aguirre

Amy Roth McDuffie

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Discipline/Topic:
Mathematics
Target Audience:
Elementary School
Middle School

An Innovative Approach to Earth Science Teacher Preparation: Uniting Science Education, and Schools to Raise Student Achievement

Principal Investigator:
Maritza Macdonald

Co-Principal Investigators: Ro Kinzler, Ed Mathez, and Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, American Museum of Natural History

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Discipline/Topic:
Earth Science
Target Audience:
Teachers
Middle School
High School

Professional Development Materials to Support Geometry Learning and Instruction, the Common Core Standards, and English Language Learners

Geometry
Professional Development
Teachers
Middle School
Day
Fri

Two projects that are investigating how middle school geometry professional development materials support teachers’ learning. Presenters compare approaches, present preliminary results, and discuss strengths and challenges.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
PI-organized Discussion
Presenters
Nanette Seago
Mark Driscoll

This session focuses on two professional development projects, both aimed at increasing geometric content knowledge of middle school mathematics teachers and their students. The goal is to engage grantees in considering what the presenters are learning about the impact of these projects and to consider next steps in advancing the field. The two participating projects are:

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