What was something that surprised
you, concerned you, or seemed to be
very significant about the research
presented on Friday?
What if anything from the research
studies has given you some insights
or ideas to take back to your
school or your own classroom?
Instructions:
Working in teams, find a problem that you
think is a good problem to be used at critical
points in a unit or chapter that will bring the
ideas together or a good problem that can be
used to introduce the big ideas that will
unfold throughout the chapter. The problem
does not have to be original.
Sources include the texts in the high school teacher's room, EDC
(Mathematics Learning and Teaching (MLT) >> Center for
Mathematics Education (CME) )Math Forum, NCTM Illuminations.
Tuesday's class will be devoted to your work
together on this. At the end of class on Tuesday,
you should hand in your problem and on a separate
sheet of paper or file the following accompanying
information about the problem:
– Course and/or grade Mathematical unit or chapter and
where the problem fits in the chapter
– Expectations for what students might do with the problem,
different approaches and/or insights
– A rationale or explanation for why you think it is a good
problem