Park City Mathematics Institute
Secondary School Teachers Program
Class Notes - Summer 2005

Morning Shorts 8:20-8:30 morning presentations

Math Content Class - Bowen Kerins and Ben Sinwell (PROMYS)

The class Developing Mathematics is being led by Bowen Kerins and Ben Sinwell of the PROMYS program. The focus of the class this year is "Doing It with Differences" or "Over and Over Again."

View Photos of the Math Content Class

Class Notes
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 PDF files
Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 PDF files
Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 PDF files

Mimio Board Notes
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9
Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14

Other Notes
bowen.day8.ti84.doc MS Word file
matrix.mult.transform.gsp GSP file
bowen.ti84.day13.doc MS Word file
bowen.day14.jpg  (graphic)

Reflection on Practice Class - Akihiko Takahashi

Dr. Akihiko Takahashi, from DePaul University in Chicago, is leading our eleven o'clock hour Reflections on Practice sessions this summer. His focus is "What is the Open-ended Approach?"

Class Notes
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9
Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14

Mimio Board Notes
Day 1
Day 6 | Day 7
Day 10 | Day 13 | Day 14

Assigned Reading
The Open-Ended Approach: A New Proposal for Teaching Mathematics
Authors: Shigeru Shimada & Jerry P. Becker
Publisher: NCTM
ISBN # 978-0-87353-430-7

Afternoon and Evening Activities
Pizza and Problem Solving with Andy Bernoff
So You Want to Be a Math Educator? by Lani Horn
Mimeo Board Presentation by Troy Jones
Education System in Botswana by Youngson Sinkala
TI Navigator™ Presentation by John Mahoney and Beverly Farahani
First Model Night
Second Model Night page 1, page 2, page 3
Third Model Night