Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Mathematics Teacher Preparation Content Workshop
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20418
19-21 March 1999
Friday, March 19 |
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6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. |
Reception |
NAS Great Hall |
7:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m. |
Welcome and Overview |
NAS Great Hall |
Rodger Bybee, Executive Director, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education, National Research Council |
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Deborah Ball, Chair of Workshop Steering Committee, University of Michigan |
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7:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m. |
Discussion Groups |
NAS Great Hall |
7:45 p.m.-8:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion |
NAS Members Room |
Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics |
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Panel: Liping Ma, Stanford University Mark Saul, Bronxville High School Genevieve Knight, Coppin State College |
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Reactor: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education |
Saturday, March 20 Reconsidering the Mathematics That Teachers Need to Know |
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8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
NAS Lecture Room |
Annex |
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8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. |
Plenary Activity |
NAS Lecture Room |
Investigating Teaching Practice: What Mathematical Knowledge Is Entailed in Teaching Children to Reason Mathematically? |
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Hyman Bass, Columbia University |
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Deborah Ball, University of Michigan |
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Reactor: James Lewis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Investigating Teaching Practice: What Mathematical Knowledge, Skill, and Sensibilities Does It Take? |
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Analyzing Student Thinking |
NAS Lecture Room |
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Virginia Bastable, SummerMath for Teachers |
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Remodeling Mathematical Tasks |
NAS 150 |
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Olga Torres, Tucson Public Schools |
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Analyzing Student Work |
NAS 180 |
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Michaele F. Chappell, University of South Florida |
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Managing Class Discussion |
NAS 250 |
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Erick Smith, University of Illinois-Chicago |
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12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m. |
Lunch with Discussion Group |
NAS Great Hall |
1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
Repeat morning concurrent sessions |
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3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
Break |
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4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. |
Discussion Groups |
NAS Great Hall |
4:45 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. |
Plenary to Synthesize Saturday's Work: |
NAS Lecture Room |
What Kinds of Mathematical Knowledge Matter in Teaching? |
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Panel: Alan Tucker, State University of New York, Stony Brook Deborah Schifter, Education Development Center Gladys Whitehead, Prince George 's County Public Schools |
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Moderator: Gail Burrill, MSEB, National Research Council |
Sunday, March 21 Helping Teachers Learn Mathematics |
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8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
NAS Lecture Room |
Annex |
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8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. |
Orientation for Goals and Activities |
NAS Lecture Room |
Deborah Ball, University of Michigan |
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8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Investigating Alternative Approaches to Helping Teachers Learn Mathematics |
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Student Curriculum Materials |
NAS Lecture Room |
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Shin-ying Lee, University of Michigan |
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Marco Ramirez, Tucson Public Schools |
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Case Materials |
NAS 150 |
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Carne Barnett, WestEd |
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Programs and Practices |
NAS 180 |
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Virginia Bastable, SummerMath for Teachers |
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Jill Lester, Mount Holyoke College |
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Deborah Schifter, Education Development Center |
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Video as a Delivery Mechanism |
NAS 250 |
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Deborah Ball, University of Michigan |
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Bradford Findell, MSEB, National Research Council |
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10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
Repeat morning concurrent sessions |
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12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
NAS Great Hall |
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. |
Discussion Groups |
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2:30 p.m. -3:15 p.m. |
Plenary to Synthesize Sunday's Work: |
NAS Lecture Room |
Promising Approaches for Helping Prospective Elementary Teachers Learn Mathematics for Teaching |
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Panel: Richard Askey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Carol Midgett, South Port Elementary School Alice Gill, American Federation of Teachers James Lightbourne, National Science Foundation |
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Moderator: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, MSEB, National Research Council |
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3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. |
Adjourn, closing summary comments |
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Deborah Ball, University of Michigan |