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(Bring in article one week in advance) |
| 9/12/06 | Announcements and Handouts |
Geometry, Grade Unknown What can be built from equilateral triangles? (links), Heidi Burgiel |
Discussion of bulletin board project. |
| 9/19/06 | Announcements and Handouts | Visit to the Library |
Geometry of Transformations: Teacher and Unit Under Construction. Mathematics Teacher v. 99 no. 2 (September 2005) pp. 88-92 Heidi Burgiel |
| 9/26/06 | "What do I do if students aren't doing their homework?" Elizabeth Karakashian |
Geometry, Grades 10-12 Orthogonal and Isometric Drawings. Rebecca Folsom |
NCTM Issues New Guidelines to Help Schools Home In on the Essentials of Math, by Sean Cavanagh, Education Week, September 12, 2006 |
| 10/3/06 | "What do I do if half the class doesn't 'get it' and half the class does?" Rebecca Folsom |
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability, Grades 10-12 Lottery Numbers (Bring your laptops!), Heidi Burgiel |
"M&M's, Rhinos, Cockroaches, and Cooperative Learning", by Laurie H. Rubel, Mathematics Teacher Vol. 100 No. 2, September 2006. Katie Donovan |
| 10/10/06 | "What would you do if a pair of sixth grade students turned in test papers with the same wrong answers?" Roberta Cullinan |
Measurement, Grades 6-9 Halloween Monsters and Metric Conversions, Megan Smith |
Urban Success: A Multidimensional Mathematics Approach with Equitable Outcomes by Jo Boaler, Phi Delta Kappan v. 87 no. 5, January 2006, p. 364-9. Rebecca Folsom |
| 10/17/06 | "What can you do when you have a single student in your classroom who is 'out of control'?" Jennifer Hallett |
Patterns, Relations and Algebra, Grades 10-12 Patterns in Pascal's Triangle, Elizabeth Karakashian |
Looking Beyond the Performance of Grave Underachievers in Mathematics, By: Dettori, Giuliana; Ott, Michela. Intervention in School and Clinic, 41 no.4 pp 201-208, March 2006. Megan Smith |
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10/24/06 Portfolio Due |
"Should students be allowed to use calculators in class? If so, when?" Katie Donovan |
Chapter 1: Introduction to Reform |
Meeting the Needs of Gifted Mathematics Students, by Sally Kim. APMC Vol. 11 no.3 pp27-32, 2006. Roberta Cullinan |
| 10/31/06 | "Do you think students should be allowed to use formula sheets during a test?" Megan Smith |
Number Sense and Operations, Grades 6-9 M&M Fractions, Katie Donovan |
Developing Mathematical Concepts Through Orientation and Mobility, by Derrick W. Smith. RE:view, Vol. 37, No. 4, Winter 2006, pp. 161-165. Jennifer Hallett |
| 11/7/06 | Tessellations using Pattern Blocks |
Geometry, Grades 10-12 Topology of the Möbius Strip, Jennifer Hallett |
Supermath: An Alternative Approach to Improving Math Performance In Grades 4 Through 9, by S. Pogrow. Phi Delta Kappan v. 86 no. 4 (December 2004) p. 297-303. Elizabeth Karakashian (Play Supermath!) |
| 11/14/06 | Demo of Electronic Whiteboard, GeoAnalysis Lab (Science 303?), Robert Amey (postponed) |
Patterns, Relations and Algebra, Grades 8-10 Roberta Cullinan |
Chapter 9: Equity, from Teaching Mathematics for the 21st Century. |
| 11/21/06 | Special guest Tom Brady | BSC Secondary Education and Professional Programs |
Experienced High School Teacher Educational Technology Expert |
| 11/28/06 |
Chapter 3: Manipulatives and Technology Pattern Block Addition of Fractions, p. 81 and Algebra Tiles, p. 86 |
Overcoming obstacles to using manipulatives in teaching. Other activity, TBA |
Chapter 4: Standards and Sample Lessons, from Teaching Mathematics for the 21st Century |
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12/5/06 Portfolio Due |
Electronic Whiteboards, Robert Amey, Sci. 303 | Chapter 7: Communication in the Classroom, from Teaching Mathematics for the 21st Century | Assembling Bulletin Board Decorations. |
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12/12/06 Field Exp. Report Due |
Class meets in Hart 212 at 4:00 PM for special guest Lisa Rainen | Gifted and Talented and Differentiated Instruction Teacher, John Glenn Middle School, Bedford, MA | Posting Bulletin Board Decorations. |
