Cornell Mathematics Outreach
Saturday Workshops for Teachers
Math 508 - Teaching Secondary Mathematics
406 Malott Hall
October 20, 2007
9:00-2:30
8:45-9:00 Welcome
(juice and bagels provided)
9:00-12:00 This Is
Not Your Father's Oldsmobile
Presenter:
Steve West, SUNY Geneseo
For over
thirty years New York State has claimed to have had an integrated mathematics
curriculum. The new Texas Instruments Nspire handheld computer allows a true
integration of mathematical topics. The TI-Nspire empowers students to learn
across multiple representations of a single problem – algebraic,
graphical, geometric, numeric and written – allowing them to broaden
their critical thinking skills and discover meaningful real-world connections.
12:00-12:30 Lunch (pizza provided)
12:30-1:30 Tests,
from a Student's Perspective: Preparation, Test-taking, Anxiety
Presenter: Mike Chen, Cornell Learning Strategies
Center
Testing
is a difficult thing, for teachers as well as for students. An event that
should be or could be a celebration of a student's learning (okay, maybe that's
stretching it) instead becomes a struggle between adversaries. How do students
deal (or not deal) with tests? What factors interfere with their studying and
learning and test-taking? We'll discuss these issues and explore practical
applications of test-preparation and test-taking techniques.
1:30-2:30 Measuring
Angles: 6 Theorems for the Price of One!
Presenter: Dave Bock, Cornell Mathematics
Department
How
do we measure an angle – and what is it we're measuring? These innocent
questions arise in the early grades when we first hand out the protractors.
There are deeper issues involved, though, fostering themes that echo through
geometry, trig, and calculus.