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Who should attend:
Participants in the T³ Dealing with Data in High School Mathematics and Science course should be in-service High School mathematics and science teachers in grades 9 through 12. The science content will focus on the physical sciences with life science connections. The mathematics content will focus on topics from measurement, statistics, algebra, geometry, and patterns and functions.
TI educational technology used:
TI-84 Plus Silver, CBL2™, CBR™, TI Connect Software, DataMate™, CBL/CBR Apps, and TI-Navigator (optional).
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 high 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 and science |
| • | To develop teachers' familiarity with the TI-84 Plus 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 integrated lessons 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 those data. |
| • | To investigate traditional and alternative teaching, management, and assessment techniques that utilizes technology in a balanced program of reasoning, connections, and communications. |
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Introduction:
The Dealing with Data in High School Math and Science Course is a nine-day professional development program for teams of teachers from the High 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 from algebra through calculus) and one teacher of science (physical science, physics, chemistry, and/or biology). 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 those data with the TI-84 Plus 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 institute 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 NSES Standards.
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