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Chair: Solomon Garfunkel, Consortium of Mathematics and its Applications

Agenda

March 7-9, 2003

National Academy of Sciences

2101 Constitution Avenue, NW

Auditorium

Washington, DC 20418

Theme: The mathematical knowledge needed for grades 9-12 teaching, how it is acquired, and how it is used in the classroom.

Friday, March 7

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH AND REGISTRATION

1:00 – 1:20 p.m. Welcome

Jay Labov

Joan Leitzel

1:20 – 1:30pm Opening Remarks

Solomon Garfunkel

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Plenary Session #1: Case Study (Webcast)

Facilitator: Katherine Merseth

Federal Agency Representative/High School Teacher: Mark Saul

High School Teacher: Turi Swan

High School Teacher: Daniel Teague

Mathematician: David Henderson

Mathematician: Alan Tucker

Mathematics Educator: Jere Confrey

Mathematics Educator: Sherry Fraser

School Administrator: Anthony Scott

2:30 – 2:45 p.m. BREAK

2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Working Group Discussions

4:10 – 5:10 p.m. Plenary Session #2: Current State of the World on Mathematical Knowledge Needed for Teaching

Panel Moderator: Bradford Findell

Mathematician: Alan Tucker

Superintendent: Tim Kanold

Federal Agency Representative/High School Teacher: Mark Saul

6:00 – 7:15 p.m. DINNER

7:15 – 8:15 p.m. After-Dinner Speaker

Speaker: Zalman Usiskin

Saturday, March 8

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. The Day’s Activities

Solomon Garfunkel

Setting the Stage for the Breakout Groups

Amy Cohen-Corwin

9:25 – 10:45 a.m. Breakout Groups: Mathematical Thinking Across the Mathematics Curriculum Session #1

Algebraic Thinking

Al Cuoco and Karen Longhart

Geometric Thinking

David Henderson and George Milauskas

Thinking with Data

Jeff Witmer and Chris Olsen

Analytical Thinking (analysis of functions from graphs to calculus)

Andrew Gleason and J.T. Sutcliffe

Thinking About Models

Solomon Garfunkel and Daniel Teague

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. BREAK

11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Breakout Groups: Mathematical Thinking Across the Mathematics Curriculum Session #2

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Plenary Session #3: Vehicles for Professional Development

Panel Moderator: Susan Eddins

Practice:

Curriculum Materials

Sherry Fraser

Test Items and Grading Rubrics

Ann Shannon

Their Practice:

Video

Nannette Seago

Cases

Katherine Merseth

Our Practice:

Reflective Practitioner

Larry Peterson

Lesson Study

Clea Fernandez

2:25 – 3:45 p.m. Breakout Groups: Vehicles for Professional Development #1

Curriculum Materials

Sherry Fraser

Test Items and Grading Rubrics

Ann Shannon

Video

Nannette Seago

Case Study

Katherine Merseth

Reflective Practitioner

Larry Peterson

Lesson Study

Clea Fernandez

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. BREAK

4:05 – 5:20 p.m. Breakout Groups: Vehicles for Professional Development #2

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. DINNER with Working Groups

Sunday, March 9

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

Bruce Alberts

Plenary Session #4 Next Steps: Issues in Policy and Practice

Panel Moderator: William Steenken

Policy Overview

Kathryn Chval

Measuring the Efficacy of Teacher Development Initiatives

Iris Weiss

Teacher Exams

Hung Hsi Wu

Role of Professional Organizations

James Rubillo

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:20 – 11:35 a.m. Working Group Discussions

11:45 – 12:25 p.m. Next Steps Summary and Synthesis

Joan Ferrini-Mundy

12:30 p.m. LUNCH AND ADJOURN

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