Events of January 2010
- South Bend Community School Corporation Consulting and Professional Development
- Jan 4, 2010 – May 13, 2010
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Working with administrators, curriculum leaders,
and teachers, we identified ways to strengthen
math instruction for students at many Title 1
Primary Centers in South Bend.
- South Bend Community School Corporation Consulting and Professional Development
- Jan 5, 2010 – Jan 7, 2010
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The South Bend Community School Corporation held a Teacher Academy
during the 2009 -- 2010 academic year for thirty K-4 teachers.
Meeting in groups of ten, teachers spent three full-time two-week
sessions discussing classroom management, best practices in
instruction, and understanding children from diverse cultures and
socio-economic backgrounds. We provided each group of ten teachers
with two days on best practices in mathematics instruction.
- School City of Mishawaka Consulting and Professional Development
- Jan 6, 2010 – Apr 30, 2010
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Working with administrators and teachers, we supported the
implementation of a new math program for high-ability students in
4th through 6th grades at all seven elementary schools. We also
worked with John Young Middle School teachers to examine math
instruction at the middle school level.
- Math and Technology Academy
- Jan 10, 2010 – May 28, 2010
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The Math and Technology Academy is a free program open to the
public. Students of all ages can get help with homework, work on
a guided independent study project, or try one of our hands-on
math activities.
- SIGMAA on Circles Presentations
- Jan 16, 2010
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As an active member of the national SIGMAA on Math Circles, we
presented two activities as part of the session at the Joint Math
Meetings in San Francisco. About 30 students and adults participated
in our One-Cut Theorem and Sona Designs activities.
- Grissom Middle School Class Presentations
- Jan 20, 2010 – Jan 21, 2010
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We presented "What is a Mathematician" talks to 7 classes of
students at Grissom Middle School.
- Mathematical Origami Class
- Jan 24, 2010 – May 16, 2010
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Adults in this class explore origami polyhedra, tessellations,
and other aspects of mathematical origami.
- Community Research Project
- Jan 24, 2010 – May 16, 2010
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Each semester, we tackle a community research project and write
up our results. This semester we are investigating different
bases, including fractional bases, using Jim Tanton's exploding
boxes approach.
- Penn Harris Madison Consulting and Professional Development
- Jan 28, 2010 – May 15, 2010
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Working with administrators and teachers, we examined math
curriculum options and shared principles for selecting a high
quality math curriculum.
