The practice of mathematical modeling will be discussed & demonstrated using examples that utilize skills drawn from geometry, trigonometry, probability, and computer science and are appropriate for middle and high-school students. Participants will see the elements of good modeling problems, and several resource collections.

The assessment questions we ask convey our mathematical values to our students. Participants will gain important perspectives to consider when creating an assessment as well as time to develop a question with the lens they value. We will examine problems and use an assessment guide that will help align questions with teaching philosophies.

Participants will consider (or gain) multiple perspectives, including their own, on why they create assessments for certain situations.

Participants will look at a pre-existing questions.

Horn, L. (2017) Motivated: Designing Math Classrooms Where Students Want to Join In

NCTM (1995) Assessment Standards

Popham, W. J. (2002) What Every Teacher Should Know About Educational Assessment.

Teacher Program of the PCMI (2018) Reflecting on Practice

Equity in Motion (2017)

download zipped folder yellow.zip [generic login required]

  #PCMIsummer
  #proportionalreasoning
  #multiplicativereasoning
  #ratios
  #scaling
  #richmathematicaltasks
  #hard-to-measurehabits
  #perseverance
  #curiosity
  #resolve
  #grit

View TLP PCMI | IAS YouTube channel for an overview of the Teacher Leadership Program, ideas for your classroom, resources for you and your colleagues, and short clips of important things to think about as teachers.