The University of Illinois at Chicago invites you and your CPS colleagues to the:
Fall 2007 CPS-UIC Math Forum
(an expansion of the former Algebra Symposium)
September 6, 2007 (Thursday)
5:00 to 7:15 PM
Click here for the slides
CPS administrators and Math teachers: You.re invited to a CPS-UIC Networking Event.
Location -- 300 SEO (851 S. Morgan) UIC East Campus, SEO is 2nd tallest building (12 stories) ;
Don't miss:
-Educational Development Corporation co-Director Mark Driscoll:
From Middle School to High School (abstract below)
(discussion around real, practical problems after the talk)
-Learning about Professional Development opportunities at UIC
- Upcoming Math Forum Meetings
- Degree and Non-degree Programs
- Tuition Support
-Sharing innovation stories with your peers
-$60 stipend, dinner (5-5:45) , free parking (bring ticket from Halsted-Taylor Parking Garage) , and 2 CPDU credits
Space is limited. Reserve now by e-mailing uicmathforum@yahoo.com with "CPS-UIC" in the subject line by Wednesday 9/5.
Abstract:
The International comparisons of mathematics learning, like TIMSS and PISA, reveal that our students fare worst in geometry and measurement.
Arguably, this occurs because of inadequate effort to help students develop geometric thinking (including thinking related to geometric measurement).
Deciding to increase the effort leads quickly to the question: What constitutes appropriate geometry knowledge for teaching beginning geometry?
The session will explore this question, from the perspective of a set of professional-development materials currently in field test, Fostering Geometric Thinking (FGT) in the Middle Grades.
FGT reflects the belief that teachers should have knowledge of:
- geometry content central to the middle grades
- the development of student geometric thinking that pertains to content central to the middle grades
- research related to common student conceptual hurdles in middle-grades geometry and geometric measurement
- ways in which middle-grades geometry is groundwork for high school geometry
Mark Driscoll, Co-Director of the Center for Leadership and Learning Communities at EDC, has directed a range of teacher enhancement, leadership, and materials development projects at EDC. Recent examples of materials are the MathFINDER CD-ROM, the MathPartners tutoring materials for America Counts, the book Fostering Algebraic Thinking: A Guide for Teachers in Grades 6-10 and the Fostering Algebraic Thinking Toolkit. Currently, he co-directs the project, Fostering Geometric Thinking in the Middle Grades, and developing teacher professional development materials as well as a multimedia book to be published by Heinemann in Fall-Winter 2007-8.
To reserve your space at the Sep 6 Forum, either:
312-413-3750
