Transcript Developing Teacher Content Knowledge Math Institutes LAUSD & CSUDH Partnership Eunice Krinsky, Ph.D., CSUDH Odette Board, M.A., LAUSD.

Developing
Teacher Content Knowledge
Math Institutes
LAUSD & CSUDH Partnership
Eunice Krinsky, Ph.D., CSUDH
Odette Board, M.A., LAUSD
Key Highlights
from Math Institutes
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Teacher as Learner
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Teacher as Researcher
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Experience of cooperative learning
Experience of conceptual learning
“Myth Busting”
Articles align with the teaching & learning from
morning
Teacher as Teacher
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Immediate opportunity to plan implementation of
pedagogy and content
Participant Comments
Survey Question: Please identify the top 23 criteria you will apply to math problem
selection and or generation.
“they would involve: 1. allow for student
reflection, 2. conceptual understanding, 3.
some access to all students and 4. require
group effort”
“understanding beyond procedural 2. open to
multiple problem solving approaches 3.
requires thinking and reflection”
Participant Comments
Survey Question: In what way, if any,
was your learning in the past 3
weeks different from other PD
experiences?
“it actually involved doing mathematics!
Research based w/ research readings
to show how it was all connected”
Participant Comments
Survey Question: In order for you to
successfully implement your IU
during the coming school year, what
do you need?
“success in putting my students in
cooperative groups (more professional
development on this), co-planning with
other teachers”
Participant Comments
Survey Question: Has this institute
changed your views about how your
students can best learn math?
“As students engage each other and use
adaptive reasoning to justify their reasoning
to each other in a CL environment, I now
believe that this alternative approach can
increase my students conceptual
understanding of the algebra content.
Consequently, perhaps the math proficiency
can dramatically increase.”
Key Highlights
from In-service Follow-ups
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Coaching and collaboration based on
the implementation of strategies and
content
Implementation of units developed
Teacher Reflection and change in
practice
Replication of Institute
at CSU Northridge
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Staff from Cal State Northridge attended
CSUDH Institute
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Observation
Collaboration
Implementation
Plans for Year Five
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Coaching Training
Finalize units
Leadership Development
Retention project in Local District #6
Possibilities of working with 4th /5th
grade teachers from across the district