PCMI @ MathForum: Scaling the Teaching Curve

Scaling the Teaching Curve:
A PCMI Teacher Program Weekend Experience
December 5-6, 2015
St. Marks School, Southborough MA
Sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study's Park City Mathematics Institute


view Storify: A few participants shared their thoughts and photos on Twitter and together they tell the story of this weekend experience.
Twitter: view #pcmiTLP: See how the conversation continues even after the weekend is over.
Blog Posts: Tina Cardone: Scaling Teaching Curve Sharing Session; Wendy Menard: Restorative Professional Development; Tracy Zager: Disrupting the Usual Rhythm
Photos by Tina Cardone

General: Teachers and the MAA by Brian Hopkins [PDF]; [Math Blocks] Scaling the Teaching Curve: A PCMI Weekend Experience [PDF]
Session 1: What is a worthwhile task?
Documents: The Quadrilateral Task [PDF] [DOCX]; Exponent worksheet TIMSS [PDF]; Powerpoint [PDF] [PPTX]
References: Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998). "Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment". Phi Delta Kappan. Oct. pp. 139-148.; Cirillo, M. (2013). What Are Some Strategies for Facilitating Productive Classroom Discussions? NCTM Research Brief. S. DeLeeuw, Series Editor, Reston VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. http://www.nctm.org/Research-and-Advocacy/research-brief-and-clips/Strategies-for-Discussion/#brief; Leinwand, S. and 8 others (2014). Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All, Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. http://www.nctm.org/PtA/
Session 2: How can teachers adapt tasks and activities to promote classroom discussions that elicit evidence of learning?
Documents: Coloring One Quarter of a Shape [PDF] [DOCX]; Another Approach to One Quarter [PDF] [DOCX]; Hiebert Improving Math [PDF]; Jeopardy [PDF] [DOCX]; PowerPoint [PDF] [PPTX]
References: Dekker, T. & Querelle, N. (2002). Great assessment problems (and how to solve them). CATCH project www.fi.uu.nl/catch; Hiebert, J., & Stigler, J. (2004). Improving Mathematics Teaching, Improving Achievement in Math and Science, 64(5), 12-17.; Leinwand, S. and 8 others (2014). Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All, Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. http://www.nctm.org/PtA/
Session 3: How to Implement worthwhile Tasks, maintaining their Integrity
Documents: What changes worksheet [PDF] [DOC]; PowerPoint [PDF] [PPTX]
References: Horn, I. (2012). Strength in Numbers: Collaborative Learning in Secondary Mathematics. Reston VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.; Kazemi, E. (1998). Discourse that Promotes Conceptual Understanding. Teaching Children Mathematics, 4, 410-414.; Peterson, B. (2006). Linear and Quadratic Change: A Problem from Japan. The Mathematics Teacher, 100(3). Reston VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.; Smith, M., & Stein, M. (2011). 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions. Reston VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.