Slides from a presentation in support of a workshop for math teachers at the SUM (Saskatchewan Understands Math) Conference in Saskatoon, SK; May 2011.
8. Studentsʼ Errors and Misconceptions
(Principle 1) Based on Previous Learning
Students come to the classroom with conceptions of numbers grounded in
their whole-number learning that lead them astray in the world of rational
numbers; e.g. multiplying always makes numbers bigger.
x =
Teachers must engage studentsʼ preconceptions
9. Understanding requires factual knowledge
and conceptual frameworks
The Knowledge Network:
(Principle 2) New Concepts and New Applications
33. The Full
Meal Deal
Man Nomming on Burger / Mr. T in DC / CC BY-ND
34. Take a picture of the math you see in the world
around you right now. Maybe take a walk to find it.
Then email it to:
the62girl@photos.flickr.com
Through the Lens by flickr user davidz
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidz/822970543/
72. Choose Your Own Path
Mathematics Stories
Fork in the Road by flickr user Friends of San Jacinto
http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsofsanjacinto/4479943434/
73. Group Annotation Project
Group Annotation Project: half Lives and Decay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg0trSjx4AM
93. It is no longer enough to do
powerful work if no one sees it.
Chris Lehmann
untitled by flickr user ArcaHeradel
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heradel/3257235694/
103. Credits
Lost in Thought
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbolland/1544108261/
How Students Learn
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9853
UF Norman Hall Desks Classroom by flickr user cdsessums
http://www.flickr.com/photos/csessums/4389122037/
DAI Gallery
http://flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/1227648062/
Pewter Letters Numbers
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/sets/72157594512642436/
published me
http://flickr.com/photos/hi-phi/329004580/
This body is networked
http://flickr.com/photos/funksoup/403990660/
Magic is true!
http://flickr.com/photos/7933170@N03/2631820657/
Lost in Thought
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnbolland/1544108261/
Mind Mapping
http://flickr.com/photos/sirwiseowl/2101661645/
My version of a quadratic !
http://flickr.com/photos/40256716@N00/316074893/
book shelf project 2 ~ striatic {notes}
http://flickr.com/photos/striatic/730978/
Video Credits
Obligatory Wiki Photo
http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/
dsc006647
http://flickr.com/photos/49405310@N00/24167123/ 1620
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9mSspoCv7Q
High School "Games" Projects
http://flickr.com/photos/mspatt/2367994924/ PS22 Chorus “Landslide”
Day One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2p5augniQA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbshane/3158001015/
Emergence: Create
your turn ;p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3eIXlJvKNs
http://flickr.com/photos/mariachily/2174723906/