Park City Mathematics Institute Secondary School Teacher Program Reflection on Practice Class: Day 8 Akihiko Takahashi

Groups continued to work on our task: Change a typical textbook problem into an interesting problem with multiple solution methods. Each group had to prepare a poster. The meaning of our poster is to create some open ended problems for our students.

Each poster should include:

1. Determine if the problem is appropriate
1. Is the problem rich in mathematical content and valuable mathematically?
2. Is the mathematical level of the problem appropriate for the students?
3. Does the problem include some mathematical features that lead to further mathematical development?
2. Anticipate students' responses to design a lesson.
3. Make the purpose of using the problem clear.
4. Make the problem as attractive as possible.

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