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The Math Forum at NCSM
http://mathforum.org/nctm/2013/ncsmpresent.html
Are you attending the annual conference of the National
Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) next month?
Math Forum staff, faculty from Drexel's online Master's in
Mathematics Learning and Teaching (MLT), and associates will
present no fewer than eight sessions in Denver:
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Monday, 15 April, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (NCSM session 162)
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Pressing Pause: An Online Professional Development Model
that Helps Teachers Take Time to Examine Student Thinking
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Monday, 15 April, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (NCSM session 188)
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Noticing and Wondering as a Vehicle to Understanding
the Problem
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Monday, 15 April, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (NCSM session 189)
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Ensure High-Quality Mathematics Instruction for All Students
through Online Learning Communities That Bring the Standards
for Mathematical Practice to Life
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Tuesday, 16 April, 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (NCSM session 205)
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iPads: Creating Opportunities for Student Discourse
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Tuesday, 16 April, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM (NCSM session 244)
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Notice and Wonder: Supporting Students to Engage and
Teachers to Use Student Thinking
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Tuesday, 16 April, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM (NCSM session 245)
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Deepening Our Understanding of Elementary CCSS Mathematics
While Practicing Our Teaching
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Wednesday, 17 April, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM (NCSM session 352)
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Moving Beyond the Right Answer: Helping Teachers Develop
Students' Math Communication Skills
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Wednesday, 17 April, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM (NCSM session 382)
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Ignite! We'll Enlighten You and We'll Make It Quick!
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PoW taking place: math problem-solving moment of the week
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"Only two more nested squares to go ... stay with me. Now I'm
working with a 2.12 inch × 2.12 inch square. I set up
the equation. So c = 1.5 inches. Yeah!"
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- W B, highlighted in the Geometry PoW's Latest Solution
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http://mathforum.org/pows/solution.htm?publication=4186
The Math Forum at NCTM
http://mathforum.org/nctm/2013/present.html
Coming to the annual meeting of the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)? Check us out:
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Tuesday, 16 April, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Research Presession)
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Supporting Teachers' Understandings of Function through
Online PD
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Friday, 19 April, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (NCTM session 482)
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When Reasoning Matters: Using Mathematical Thinking to Make
Financial Decisions
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Friday, 19 April, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (NCTM session 531)
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Our iPad Story: Helping Our Students Develop Their Practice
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Friday, 19 April, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (NCTM session 586)
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Moving Beyond the Right Answer: Developing Students' Math
Communication Skills
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Saturday, 20 April, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM (NCTM session 680)
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An Invitation to Experience Online Lesson Study Firsthand
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the day
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"I have a freshman who moved here fom another country who
wants to skip A2/T and Pre-Calc and take AP Calculus. He said
he already learned all the material in his native country and
the Geometry Honors course he is in now is too easy for him
as well."
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- Jayson, posted to the general discussion group of the
Association of Math Teachers of New York State
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http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=8721858
2013 Brown Center Report on American Education
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/03/18-
brown-center-report-loveless
On Monday, the Brookings Institution published its twelfth
annual Brown Center Report on American Education, titled "How
Well Are American Students Learning?" It focuses on the latest
results from the Trends in International Math and Science
Study (TIMSS) released in December, 2012.
Part I of the Brown Center Report offers "A Progress Report on
the A+ Countries" — so called because of their high
achievement on the first TIMSS, in 1995. Part II explores
tracking and ability grouping. Part III analyzes the national
push for eighth graders to take algebra and other high school
math courses.
Among many other observations, the report finds that
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the scores of Finland and the U.S. are now statistically
indistinguishable for both fourth and eighth grade math
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while five of the six A+ countries continue to lead the
world in eighth-grade math achievement, and continue to
score significantly higher than the U.S., only one
exceeded the U.S. gain of 17 points, with a second
nation matching that improvement
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U.S. states that are more selective in math
placements -- not the ones that aggressively accelerate
eighth graders into advanced courses -- are more likely
to show achievement gains in those courses
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... with one exception: eighth grade geometry classes
To freely download the full 33 page PDF (3MB), click
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/
2013/03/18%20brown%20center%20loveless/
2013%20brown%20center%20report%20web.pdf
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