Charting a Course to Mathematics Leadership - NCSM

The National Research Council recently completed a studyof early childhood math, synthesizing and analyzingresearch from a number of disciplinary fields. Authors of thereport will draw implications for leadership, policy, andpractice that will help all children, especially vulnerablechildren, get a strong start in learning math., University at Buffalo, SUNY,Williamsville, NY, Self-employed, Fallbrook, CA, Columbia Teachers College,New York, NY, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Didax, Rowley, MA, Math Perspectives TeacherDevelopment Center, Bellingham, WALearn more about the power of early assessment and howit can impact instruction to improve student learning.Participants will get hands-on experience administeringAMC Anywhere, the technology component ofRichardsons Assessing Math Concepts, and they willalso learn how to use assessment data to impact theirinstruction for maximum results.Participants will see how coaches have helped teachers tobring mathematically appropriate focus to a lesson, tochoose the right questions to ask, and to support studentdifferences. The goal is to help teachers see how thesedecisions affected their students beliefs about math andtheir students ultimate success., University of New Brunswick, Ottawa, ON,Canada, MIND Research Institute,Santa Ana, CARecent research on working memory has led MINDResearch Institute to develop an innovative approach tobuilding automaticity of basic arithmetic facts usingvisual representations. This session will describe MINDsnew ST Math: Fluency program, the research behind it,and how students can gain automaticity WITHunderstanding.This session presents findings and sample activities from aninnovative approach to professional development, usingstudent teachers. Through daily collaboration, a team ofveteran and student teachers learned how to get through totheir students, rather than simply getting through a book. Asa result, student achievement was positively affected., California State University Northridge,Reseda, CA