Text: Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving, Grades 6-12, edited by Harold L. Schoen, NCTM publisher.
Facilitator: Patrick L. Ham
Location: first meeting at Millers Run School
Cost: None, but sign up by May 5th for a free copy of the book! After May 5th, you can join our group, but you will have to get your own book.
Credit: re-certification 1 credit
Join a group of educators reading and discussing Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving. We will first grapple with the issues and perspectives involved in teaching through problem solving. Next we will look at task and tools for teaching through problem solving. Then we will analyze how problem solving can be used in the classroom. As we work through the book, we will gather problems that we have seen or used to teach or deepen conceptual knowledge necessary for the middle school student.
May 12: 3:30-4:00 PM: preliminary meeting—hand out book and syllabus, and decide on location
May 26: 12:30-4:00 PM: chapters 1-4, and 16—Why problem solving?
June 9: 12:30-4:00 PM: chapters 5-8—How to choose problems
June 23: 12:30-4:00 PM: chapters 9-12—How does this work in the classroom? Also, review problems and connections
June 30: 12:30-4:00 PM: chapters 13-15—How does this work in the classroom? Also, review problems and connections, and discuss possibility of online follow up or other networking in the fall
If interested, contact me by May 5th:
Patrick Ham
Millers Run School, 3249 Route 122, Sheffield, VT 05866
626-4029 ext. 229 Leave a message w/name and phone number
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