Date	Topic of the Day	Teaching Practice	Teaching Theory (Bring in article one week in advance)
9/15/03	"Why didn't anyone sign up for Number Sense and Operations?" Heidi Burgiel	Number Sense and Operations, Grades 6-8 Discussion of Pizza Party Project and/or Chicken Recipes	The Japanese Education System: A Case Study Summary and Analysis (Chosen by Erin Costello, Fall 2003)
9/22/03	"Is it justified to curve or scale grades?" Kevin Quigley	Measurement Watch video on data collection using calculators and discuss the role of technology in the classroom.	Teachers' Tolerance for Discomfort: Implications for Curricular Reform in Mathematics Brenda LaRouche
9/29/03	"What are the benefits (or drawbacks) of standardized testing?" Lisa Corrick	Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Grades 6-9 Roller Derby Brenda LaRouche	Brainstorming Heather Trahan
10/6/03	"How can I motivate an ADHD student who is not paying attention in class?" Brenda LaRouche	Patterns, Relations and Algebra, Grades 6-8 Generating Palindromes Megan McBride	Should Ability-Level Tracking be Abandoned? Lisa Corrick
10/13/03	"What after school activites can we sponsor to support math learning?" Greg Belsky	Patterns, Relations and Algebra, Grades 8-10 Exponential growth and decay Jessica Bourque	A Teaching Style That Adds Up Allison O'Keefe
10/20/03	Examining Students' Reluctance to Use Graphs	Patterns, Relations and Algebra, Grades 10-12 Exponential and Arithmetic sequences Heather Trahan	The Challenges and Opportunities of the No Child Left Behind Act: Seven Strategies for Teacher Educators JT Leth-Steensen
10/27/03	"When I assign grades for group work, how do I arrange that students who don't participate receive lower grades?" Megan McBride	Number Sense and Operations, Grades 8-10 The differences between Mean, Median and Mode Kevin Quigley	Number Sense and Operations, Grades 6-8 Related Changes -- Tables and Graphs Lisa Corrick
11/3/03	"Is there a good way to include disruptive students in group work?" Jessica Bourque	Geometry, Grades 8-10 Proving and Using the Pythagorean Theorem Allison O'Keefe	From Indignation to Indifference: Teacher Concerns About Externally Imposed Classroom Interruptions Greg Belsky
11/10/03	No Class	No Class	No Class
11/17/03	"What do you do when you discover that several students in your class lack prerequisite knowledge?" Heidi Burgiel	Geometry, Grades 10-12 Spherical Geometry JT Leth-Steensen	The Art of Posing Problems and Guiding Investigations Kevin Quigley
11/24/03	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving
12/1/03	"How much should we let students' private life affect their schooling?" JT Leth-Steensen	Question and answer session with Chris Christopher, retired middle school math teacher.	Reconcilable Differences? Standards-Based Teaching and Differentiation Using Real-Life Problems to make Real-World Connections Megan McBride
12/8/03	"What are good class opening activities?" Heather Trahan	Measurement, Grades 9-12 The Law of Sines and the Distance to Saturn Greg Belsky	Excerpt from The Boys and Girls Learn Differently Action Guide for Teachers
12/15/03	Allison O'Keefe	Team Teaching and Technology video: It's a Wild Ride Project.	Sum of Songs: Making Mathematics Less Monotone Jessica Borque
12/22/03	Informal discussion of final projects.	Informal discussion of final projects.	Informal discussion of final projects.