AN MEI WORKSHOP ON
TEACHING AND LEARNING
Here is a schedule used at a recent week long workshop run by Math
Everywhere people on teaching and learning in a lab setting.
Pre-session Evening 2.5 hours
- Introductions to each other and to the course
- Description of the week
- Assignment
DAY ONE
- Using the technology
- Experience with Mathematica
- Reflection and log
- Introduction to learning as a social activity
- Groups work on a C&M lesson
- Reflection and log
Evening 2 hours
- What is teaching and what is learning?
- Teaching approaches and learning styles
- Sharing reflections and log
DAY TWO
- The role of the instructor
- Groups work on a C&M lesson with informal lessons and board work
- Reflection and log
- Why change the way we teach math?
- Commenting on a student's C&M lesson
- Reflection and log
Evening 2 hours
- How do you know what a student has learned?
- Issues of grading and assessing
- Homework, quizzes, tests, finals
- Sharing reflections and log
DAY THREE
- Teaching strategies that work in the C&M lab
- C&M notebook exchanges
- Reflection and log
- Communication and problem-solving skills
- Individual projects, exploration, problems
- Reflection and log
DAY FOUR
- What is math reform?
- Exploring other math reform projects
- Reflection and log
- Lab time for individual projects, exploration, problems
- Reflection and log
Evening 2 hours
- Conversations about topics of interest
- Overcoming Roadblocks
- Sharing reflections and log
DAY FIVE (Finish at mid day)
- Workshop summary and assessment
- Conversations
- Reflection and log
And a grand time was had by all.
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