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There’s another way to look at student learning and teaching in high school . . . |
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We all know the problem: many students just don’t get math—and teaching the same way we always have hasn’t worked. Math Solutions professional development offers teachers a different way to view how students learn and shifts teachers’ instructional approaches to ensure that all students excel.
Using proven strategies and effective tools developed during our 25 years of experience, teachers learn how to:
- Engage students with the real-world relevance of math
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs and learning modes of all students
- Develop activities that increase logical reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Apply strategies that make even algebra and geometry clear
- Ensure that classroom practices address new Common Core State Standards
Our programs are customized to meet your school’s needs and devoted to ensuring that all students pass high-stakes exams and leave high school college and career ready.
The courses described below are just a sample of professional development options for teachers. We will work with you to provide a complete solution to meet your specific needs and goals.
NOTE: Customized course are created in partnership with your leadership team, aligned to your resources and focused on your school or district's unique challenges. Course descriptions below are examples of courses that we have delivered for other districts and may change significantly when adapted to your district.
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About Teaching Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making
Developing students’ ability to reason is key to helping them learn and make sense of mathematics. This unique mathematics institute helps high school classroom teachers understand how students learn mathematics, explores ways to make math accessible for students, and focuses on problem solving in the strands of algebra and geometry. Participants engage in problem-solving activities and investigations that develop student understanding, and learn how to use contexts, manipulative materials, and graphing calculator technology to support learning. This course also models a variety of ways to organize the classroom, including whole-class, small-group, and individual learning. Course experiences are based on core student expectations for Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. Grades 9–11.
Goals
This course helps participants:
- think flexibly about math content knowledge for the purpose of making math accessible for students;
- understand how students learn mathematics; and
- implement instructional strategies that promote thinking, reasoning, and making sense of mathematics.
Course Experiences
Participants will:
- examine engaging and accessible problem-solving activities and investigations that develop understanding;
- focus on problem solving in the strand of algebra with links to geometry;
- experience a variety of ways to organize the classroom—whole-class, small-group, and individual learning;
- identify and analyze strategies that develop students’ ability to reason and make sense of mathematics; and
- understand how manipulative materials can be used to support learning.
Math Solutions for High School Algebra and Geometry Teachers
Introducing teachers to the current guidelines for mathematics instruction, this course presents teachers with the rationale for teaching mathematics through problem solving and using effective instructional strategies that promote thinking and reasoning.
The content and experiences will focus the mathematical content and instructional strategies necessary for developing students’ algebraic and geometric thinking. Participants explore what is meant by algebraic and geometric thinking and learn strategies for teaching basic concepts necessary to be successful in Algebra and Geometry. Grades 9–11. Goals
This course helps participants:
- strengthen math content knowledge for the purpose of making math accessible for students;
- understand how students learn mathematics;
- implement effective instructional strategies that promote thinking, reasoning, and making sense of mathematics; and
- identify lessons that promote students’ understanding of algebra/geometry concepts.
Course Experiences
Participants will:
- examine instructional tasks that build students’ understanding of algebra/geometry concepts;
- understand how manipulative materials, contexts familiar to students, and problem-solving experiences can be used to support students’ development of algebraic/geometric thinking;
- experience a variety of ways to organize the classroom—whole-class, small-group, and individual learning;
- identify and analyze strategies to help students see arithmetic, geometry, and algebra as connected topics integral to the study of mathematics; and
- experience a classroom atmosphere that stimulates and supports students’ learning of algebraic/geometric concepts and skills.
Note: In collaboration with the site host, course experiences will be designed to address specific needs, resources, and the length of the course.
Math Solutions . . . Solve the ProblemTMMath Solutions professional development services and courses are customized to meet your needs. Please contact us online or toll free at 800.868.9092 for a proposal based on your goals and objectives. Let us help you solve the problem. |
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“You and your team are fantastic and MNPS is indebted to you for the services you have provided us over the years. Our making AYP this year in K-8 math is largely attributed to the trainings your company has provided our teachers. Thank you so very much!”
Julie Martin K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Nashville, TN > Read other testimonials
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