EXT 424I - Current Educational Topics: Geometry and Proportional Reasoning

Designed as part of a series of mathematics content courses for educators. Participants will have opportunities to deepen their understanding of the mathematics of geometry and measurement with a particular focus on proportional reasoning. Participants will work as independent problem solvers and in small collaborative groups within a classroom environment that fully models what we want for students. Performance assessment (portfolios, WASL-type scoring rubrics, learning logs, observations and on demand assessment tasks) will be used to judge the quality of student work. In addition to doing and learning mathematics, participants will study the research and literature on the brain, and mathematics learning. They will have professional articles to read and synthesize each evening, with group discussions of the articles held each morning. The course is designed so that teachers have opportunities to learn important mathematics and so that they experience and examine characteristics of an optimal learning environment. This second in a series of courses will provide educators with a deep level of understanding of geometry, measurement and proportional reasoning while preparing them to fundamentally restructure their classroom so that mathematics instruction is fully aligned with the goals and intent of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ‘Curriculum and Evaluation Standards (1989)’, ‘Professional Teaching Standards’ (1990), and Washington State Essential Learnings in Mathematics.

Credits: 4
Grade Mode: L

Interdisciplinary Studies
Extended Education