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Convocation and Action Conference Agendas
National Convocation on Mathematics Education
in the Middle Grades
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue, NO Washington, DC
25-27 September 1998
AGENDA
Friday, 25 September ~ 998
4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Registration 2100 C Street
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception and Light Dinner Great Hall
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Opening Session Auditorium
Intro(luctions
Edward Silver, Professor of Instruction and Learning, University of
Pittsburgh, and Chair, Program Steering Committee
Welcome
Brace Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
The Honorable C. Kent McGa~ire, Assistant Secretary for
Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of
Education
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Teaching and Learning Mathematics at
the Middle Grades: Setting the Stage
Glenda Lappan, President, National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics
Tom Dickinson, Indiana State University
8:30 p.m. Adjourn for the day
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Saturday, 26 September ~ 998
7:30 a.m. - S:30 a.m. Registration (continued) 2100 C Street
7:30 a.m. - S:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Great Hall
S:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Morning Session Auditorium
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Welcome
Edward Silver
Remarks, Lather Williams, Assistant Director, Education and
Hangman Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation
Content and Learning Issues in the Middle Grades
Presider: Catherine Brown, Associate Professor of Ca~rric?'l?'m and
Instruction, Indiana University
Nancy Doda, Professor of Education, National-Loa~is University
Katherine Hart, Professor, School of Education, University of
Nottingham, England
.
VVhat clevelopmen~ consiclerabons are impor~t in Wiring about
middle school shlclents as learners? as learners of mathematics?
· VVhat c30 we know about micic3le school students' capacity for
.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
learning? forlearning mathematics?
VVhat are important ideas in mathematics for the micic3le
gracles and how are these related to developmental learning
considerations?
11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Discussion Sessions Assigned Rooms
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Great Hall
(TIMSS video will be available for viewing in the Auditoriums
1:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Teaching Issues in the Middle Grades: Auditorium
Classroom Practice
Presider: Katherine Rasch, Dean and Professor of Education,
Maryrille University
Nanette Seago, Project Director, Video Cases for Mathematics
Professional Development Project
Linda Foreman, Middle School Classroom Teacher and
Ca~rric?~l?~m Specialist, Mathematics Learning Center, Portland
State University
APPE N DIX
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Panel:
Hyman Bass, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Professor, School of Education
University of Michigan
Sam Chattin, Science Teacher, William H. English Middle School,
Scottsberg, Indiana
· What are Me important characteristics of effective teaching in
the micic3le gracles? of effective teaching of mathematics in Me
micic3le gracles?
· How can instruction in micic3le gracles classrooms be orga-
nizec3 to maximize learning? How can we tell when learning is
happening?
· What tools and strategies wait make a difference in how
micic3le gracles students learn mathematics?
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30p.m. Discussion Sessions Assigned Rooms
5:30 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Teams meet Assigned Rooms
6:00 p.m. Adjourn for the day, dinner on own
Sunday, 27 September ~ 998
S:00 a.m. - S:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Great Hall
S:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Pane} Presentation Auditorium
The Organization and Structure of Schools at the Middle
Grades: What is the Impact on the Teaching and Learning
of Mathematics?
Moderator: Susan Wood, Professor of Mathematics, I. Sargeant
Reynolds Community College
Panel:
Stephen 0. Gibson, Principal, Patapsco Middle School, Ellicott
City, Maryland
Mary Kay Stein, Research Scientist, Learning Research and
Development Center, University of Pittsburgh
Robert Felner, Professor and Department Chair, Education; and
Director, National Center on Public Education, University of
Rhode Island
CONVOCATION AGENDA
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· VVhat are the important characteristics of school organization
and mathematics programs that support teaching and learning
meaningful mathematics in the micic3le gracles?
· How can the schedules of teachers and students be organized
to implement what we know about effective teaching and
.
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
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learning in the micic3le gracles?
VVhat are the issues surrounding specialists vs. generalists?
VVhat kind of teaching assignments maximize program
effectiveness in mathematics?
Break
Discussion Sessions
Convocation Summary
Edward Silver
Convocation adjourns
Assigned Rooms
Auditorium
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Action Conference on the Nature and Teaching of
Algebra in the Middle Grades
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue, NO Washington, DC
27-28 September 1998
AGENDA
Sunday, 27 September ~ 998
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Lecture Room
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Hyman Bass
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Views on the Nature of Algebra
Jim Fey
Al Amoco
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Question and Answer Period
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Views on the Learning of Algebra
Orit Zaslarsky
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Discussion
Moderator: Hyman Bass
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Reception and Light Dinner Great Hall
Monday, 28 September ~ 998
Teaching Algebra: Case Stu(liesof
Implementation
Blanche Brownley, Moderator
Lecture Room
S:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Case Study 1: Connected Mathematics, Traverse City
Tonne Grant
ALGEBRA ACTION CONFERENCE AGENDA
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9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m.
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. -11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
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Case Study 2: University of Chicago School Mathematics
Project
Bonnie Ba~ehler
Break
Case Study 3: Change from Within, Mathematics in
Context
Susan Hoffmier
Case Study 4: Saxon Mathematics
Stephen Hake
Framing the Issues
Lunch
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General Observations on Implementation
Ann Bartel
Algebra in Gifted/Talented Programs
Vernon Williams
Implementation in Middle Schools
Nancy Doda
Break-out Discussions
Reports from Break-out Discussions
Recommendations
Conference Adjourns
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Action Conference on Research in the Teaching and Learning of
Mathematics in the Middle Grades
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue, NO Washington, DC
27-28 September 1998
AGENDA
Sunday, 27 September ~ 998
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Welcome
Edward Silver
What Should Result from this Conference?
Sandra Wilcox
Board Room
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Features of Research that Might be Useful for Mathematics
Education: The Place of Theoretical Frameworks and
Practical Problems
fames Hiebert
Reactor: Alan Schoenfeld
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Questions from Participants
Facilitator: Sandra Wilcox
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. What does Research Say About Topics Difficult to Learn
and Teach in the Middle Grades?
The Case of Proportional Reasoning
Richard Lesh
Linking Research and Practice: The Case of Teachers' Use
of Cognitively Challenging Problems
Mary Kay Stein
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Discussion: Defining the Major Issues
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Reception and Light Dinner Great Hall
RESEARCH ACTION CONFERENCE AGENDA
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Monday, 28 September 1 998
S:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Applications of Research to Practice Board Room
and Implications of Practice for Research:
The Case of Innovative Curriculum for Students
lames Fey
Steno Gravemeijer
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Thinking about the Research/Practice Interface
tardy Sowder
Reactor: Edward Silver
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Discussion Groups: Defining the Major Issues (continued)
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Reports from Discussion Groups
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. New Opportunities for Research on Middle Grades
Mathematics: The DOE(1/NSF Research Initiative
Nora Sabelli
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Defining an Agenda of Research: Recommendations
3:15 p.m. - - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
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Summary and Refining of Recommendations
Conference Adjourns
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Action Conference on the Professional Development of Teachers of
Mathematics in the Middle Grades
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue, NO Washington, DC
27-28 September 1998
AGENDA
Sunday, 27 September ~ 998
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Board Room
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Professional Development: Part ~ Members Room
What Is Entailed in Trying to Teach Mathematics for
Understanding?
· View video of eighth gracle class anc3 discuss what teaching
clemancis of teachers anc3 what Mat implies for teacher learning
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Part Il: What Do We Know about Professional
Development, Teacher Learning, and the Improvement of
Practice?
· Consider what we think we know about professional clevelop
ment anc3 teacher learning anc3 what the ev~clence is for our
"knowledge"
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Part IlI: Renections on a Framework
· Given what we know about teaching anc3 learning anc3 what we
know about professional development, where are We gaps?
How can we work to develop anc3 improve professional clevel
opment in itself? What are the areas of need? What are
promising clirec'cions?
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
loan Ferrini-Ma~ndy, National Research Council
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Discussion of Part Ill and Preparation for Monday Session
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Reception and Light Dinner Great Hall
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTION CONFERENC
E AGENDA
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Monday, 28 September 1 998
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Members Room
8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m.
10:15 a.m. -11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
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Case Studies as Site and Medium for Teachers' Learning
Margaret Smith, Pennsylvania State University
Break
Curriculum Materials as Site and Medium for Teachers'
Learning
Karen Economopoa~los, TERC, Boston, MA
Observations for Framework
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Lunch
Videotapes as Site and Medium for Teachers' Learning
Nanette Seago, Video Cases for Mathematics Professional
Development, Riverside, CA
Break
Panel: Reflections on the Improvement of Professional
Development
Moderator: Mark Saul, Bronxville Public Schools
Iris Weiss, Horizon Research
Stephanie Williamson, Louisiana Systemic Initiative
John Moyer, Marquette University
Part V: Conclusions Group Work and Discussion
Conference Adjourns
Representative terms from entire chapter:
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