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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Knowing and Learning Mathematics for Teaching: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10050.

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

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

 

Deborah Ball, Chair of Workshop Steering Committee, University of Michigan

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

 

Panel: Liping Ma, Stanford University Mark Saul, Bronxville High School Genevieve Knight, Coppin State College

 
 

Reactor: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education

 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Knowing and Learning Mathematics for Teaching: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10050.

Saturday, March 20

Reconsidering the Mathematics That Teachers Need to Know

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

NAS Lecture Room

   

Annex

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?

 

Hyman Bass, Columbia University

 

Deborah Ball, University of Michigan

 

Reactor: James Lewis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Break

 

10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

 
 

Investigating Teaching Practice: What Mathematical Knowledge, Skill, and Sensibilities Does It Take?

 

Analyzing Student Thinking

NAS Lecture Room

 

Virginia Bastable, SummerMath for Teachers

 

Remodeling Mathematical Tasks

NAS 150

 

Olga Torres, Tucson Public Schools

 

Analyzing Student Work

NAS 180

 

Michaele F. Chappell, University of South Florida

 

Managing Class Discussion

NAS 250

 

Erick Smith, University of Illinois-Chicago

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

 

3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Break

 

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?

 

Panel: Alan Tucker, State University of New York, Stony Brook Deborah Schifter, Education Development Center Gladys Whitehead, Prince George 's County Public Schools

 

Moderator: Gail Burrill, MSEB, National Research Council

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Knowing and Learning Mathematics for Teaching: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10050.

Sunday, March 21

Helping Teachers Learn Mathematics

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

NAS Lecture Room

   

Annex

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.

Orientation for Goals and Activities

NAS Lecture Room

 

Deborah Ball, University of Michigan

8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

 
 

Investigating Alternative Approaches to Helping Teachers Learn Mathematics

 

Student Curriculum Materials

NAS Lecture Room

Shin-ying Lee, University of Michigan

 

Marco Ramirez, Tucson Public Schools

 

Case Materials

NAS 150

 

Carne Barnett, WestEd

 

Programs and Practices

NAS 180

 

Virginia Bastable, SummerMath for Teachers

 

Jill Lester, Mount Holyoke College

 

Deborah Schifter, Education Development Center

 

Video as a Delivery Mechanism

NAS 250

 

Deborah Ball, University of Michigan

 

Bradford Findell, MSEB, National Research Council

10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Break

 

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Repeat morning concurrent sessions

 

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Lunch

NAS Great Hall

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Discussion Groups

 

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

 

Panel: Richard Askey, University of Wisconsin-Madison Carol Midgett, South Port Elementary School Alice Gill, American Federation of Teachers James Lightbourne, National Science Foundation

 

Moderator: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, MSEB, National Research Council

3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Adjourn, closing summary comments

 
 

Deborah Ball, University of Michigan

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2001. Knowing and Learning Mathematics for Teaching: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10050.
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