Developing Mathematical Ideas: Part One and Two
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Hilton Austin Airport
9515 Hotel Drive,
Austin, Texas 78719
Tel: 1-512-385-6767
Fax: 1-512-385-6763
Eligible Attendees:
Project Directors and Instructional Team Members for the Texas Regional Mathematics Collaboratives. Two persons from each Collaborative may attend. Participants in the Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI) Part One in January must also attend DMI Part Two in May. When participants register for DMI they will be registered for both weeks and the payments to TRC are for both weeks.
Description
Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI) is a professional development curriculum designed to help teachers think through the major ideas of K-8 mathematics and examine how children develop those ideas. At the heart of the materials are sets of classroom episodes (cases) illustrating student thinking as described by their teachers. In addition to case discussions, the curriculum offers teachers opportunities: to explore mathematics in lessons led by facilitators; to share and discuss the work of their own students; to view and discuss videotapes of mathematics classrooms; to write their own classroom cases; to analyze lessons taken from innovative elementary mathematics curricula; and to read overviews of related research.
DMI seminars are designed to bring together teachers from kindergarten through middle grades to:
* learn mathematics content
* learn to recognize key mathematical ideas with which their students are grappling
* learn to support the power and complexity of student thinking
* learn to appreciate the power and complexity of student thinking
* learn how core mathematical ideas develop across the grades
* learn how to continue learning about children and mathematics
School systems that have adopted innovative mathematics curricula have found DMI to be an important support. The materials have been used with practicing teachers in both summer institutes and school-year settings. In addition, DMI has served as core curriculum for programs designed for teacher-leaders, administrators, parents, and for pre-service teachers.
In this two week seminar participants will use the Module: Building a System of Tens which is described below:
Building a System of Tens Participants explore the base-ten structure of the number system, consider how that structure is exploited in multidigit computational procedures, and examine how basic concepts of whole numbers reappear when working with decimals.
Please download this document to get important details about the workshop agenda: DMI Texas
Certificates of Participation
Certificates stating 60 Continuing Professional Education hours (CPE credits) earned will be sent electronically after the participant has completed the online course evaluation. Participants should receive the certificate two to three weeks after the PDA. Any questions about certificates should be directed toward the contact person listed on this page.
Contact
Debra Junk, Ph.D.
Coordinator for Mathematics Initiatives
Telephone: 512.232.0880
E-Mail: [email protected]
Accommodations
Sleeping rooms are available at the workshop site on a first come, first serve basis at the state rate. Contact the Hilton Austin Airport directly to make a reservation. Reservations MUST be made at least one month in advance to ensure a space at the hosting hotel.
Use this link to make hotel reservations for the dates of January 11th to January 15th.
Use this link to make hotel reservations for the dates of May 16th to May 21st.
Parking
Parking is $10 per vehicle per day, which is reimbursable under the transportation guidelines of the TRC. Save your receipts, and submit with reimbursement documentation following the event to receive full reimbursement.
Registration
Please register by December 10, 2009. The cost is $45.00 per day per participant. For this ten-day workshop the fee would be $450.00. Payments are due before this event. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations or those not attending. Checks for registration need to be written to The University of Texas-Austin. Please send to the attention of Jeff Early along with the Registration/Invoice form. Registration fees will include breakfasts, lunches, and all workshop materials. Participants will be responsible for any hotel accommodations and extra expenses. Only transportation expenses such as parking, car rental, mileage or airfare will be reimbursed by the TRC following the training.
Click the Registration Button below to register your attendance.The Registration and Invoice Form can be downloaded and printed out here: download the Word document. You will be asked your name, email, and collaborative. If you have multiple people attending, please retrieve and fill out this form for each person that will be attending. You may need to quit and restart your browser to enter multiple people. If you need technical help with the registration page, send an email to the: TRC Web Team.
