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Who should attend:
Participants in this course should be in-service mathematics and science teachers in grades 5 through 9. The science content will focus on the physical sciences with life and earth science connections. The mathematics content will focus on topics from measurement, statistics, algebra, geometry, and patterns and functions.
TI educational technology used:
The TI-73 Explorer™, CBR™ data collection device, CBL 2™ data collection system, TI Connect™ Software, DataMate™, and CBL/CBR Apps.
Objectives:
The objectives of this course are:
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| • | To assist teachers in gaining the confidence to use new teaching strategies and lessons as they incorporate the use of technology in their classrooms |
| • | To instruct teachers in the exploration/investigation mode of teaching middle school mathematics and science including mathematical modeling, data analysis, statistics, forming conjectures, establishing justifications, and other topics |
| • | To engage teachers in significant problem situations and in the use of technology as a tool for learning mathematics |
| • | To develop teachers' familiarity with the TI-73 Explorer and Data Collection Devices such as the Calculator-Based Laboratory 2 (CBL2) and Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR) |
| • | To facilitate the cooperative efforts of science and math teachers who will work together to develop an integrated lesson focusing on the collection and analysis of scientific data. |
| • | To study the mathematical concepts inherent in the analysis of collected data in the context of the scientific concepts underlying the event or phenomena that produced that data. |
| • | To investigate traditional and alternative teaching, management, and assessment techniques that utilizes technology in a balanced program of reasoning, connections, and communications. |
| • | To develop teacher leaders capable of supporting long term, systemic professional development needs |
| • | To address adult learner concepts and effective ways of teaching adults |
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Introduction:
The goal of the course is to instruct teachers in new and innovative ways to effectively teach mathematics using technology in addition to developing a Teacher Leader Community to support local, ongoing professional development needs. The Dealing with Data in Middle Grades Mathematics and Science course is a nine-day professional development program for teams of teachers from the Middle School mathematics and sciences area. These nine days are typically broken up into a five-day workshop followed by four days of additional professional development spread out over an academic year. An ideal team for this institute would consist of one teacher of mathematics (any level up to and through algebra) and one teacher of science (physical, earth, and/or life). The institute is focused on the collection of data with the Calculator Based Ranger™ (CBR™) and the Calculator Based Laboratory 2™ (CBL 2™) using the TI-CONNECT™ and the analysis of that data with the TI-73 graphing handheld. Participants will work as teams to explore the connections between the sciences and mathematics through various investigations that include: (1) the collection of data, (2) the display of those data in graphical and tabular form, and (3) analysis of those data in an effort to identify patterns, and from those patterns model and predict.
Standards:
Materials for this course were written in the spirit of the NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, 1989), Professional Teaching Standards (NCTM, 1991), Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, 2000), and the Ohio Mathematics Standards.
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