University of Texas at Brownsville
Mission
To offer research based professional development for mathematics teachers to improve mathematic teacher content knowledge and pedagogical strategies.
Accomplishments
Twenty participants from area school districts.
Contact
Dr. James Telese
Professor
James.telese@utb.edu
(956)882-7669
Partners
Brownsville ISD
Harlingen CISD
Los Fresnos CISD
Participating School Districts
Brownsville ISD
Harlingen CISD
Los Fresnos CISD
Events and Activities
Date: 08/06/08
Title: Registration and completion of participant data forms; Pretests, Program overview and expectations
Description: Students register and complete the data forms. Students take pretests and are given an overview of the course.
Date: 09/06/08
Title: Children's Thinking in Math K-5
Description: Workshop that focused on how elementary children learn mathematics, with an algebra focus.
Date: 09/13/08
Title: Fostering Algebraic Thinking 6-10
Description: Introduction and analyzing written student work.
Date: 10/11/08
Title: Fostering Algebraic Thinking 6-10
Description: Documenting patterns of student thinking
Date: 11/01/08
Title: Teaching math TEKS with Technology
Description: Participants
learn to teach algebraic concepts using graphing calculators and data
collecting tools to improve their understanding of functional concepts.
Date: 11/15/08
Title: Situated Performance based Assessment
Description: Participants
were introduced to concepts of alternative assessments in mathematics
that focused on creating situational performance based assessment tasks
that focused on the students cultural background and experiences in
order to understand the students strengths and weaknesses.
