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2013 Conference Proceedings - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Format <strong>of</strong> AMAA lessonsThe investigations introduce and develop concepts through carefully constructed problems.These investigations give students the opportunity to use aspects <strong>of</strong> modeling to interpretproblematic situations; understand the goals <strong>of</strong> a problem; conjecture, represent, test, and revisevarious approaches to solving the problem; and report on results. Students are encouraged to<strong>of</strong>fer alternate solutions and solution methods, question others’ methods and results, and reflecton their own understanding. Major student projects are included in Units 3, 4, and 5 and aredesigned to be more open-ended to encourage students to employ problem solving skills whileinvestigating complex problems.Digital filesTechnology that provides students the opportunity to interact with dynamic representations<strong>of</strong> concepts for classroom instruction is integrated throughout the curriculum. The use <strong>of</strong>technology focuses on using graphical representations for data, encourages conjecturing andvalidation, and emphasizes relationships between quantities. Prepared documents in TI-NspireTeacher s<strong>of</strong>tware include lessons with specific TI-Nspire documents (i.e., a .tns document)with suggestions in the teacher materials for how to use them during instruction. Thesedocuments are intended to develop the beginning concepts or enhance and extend algebraic ideas<strong>of</strong> the lessons.In addition to print materials, student pages, teacher notes, and annotated student pages arealso formatted using the TI-Nspire PublishView feature <strong>of</strong> TI-Nspire Teacher s<strong>of</strong>tware forteachers’ instructional purposes. Documents are linked so teachers can use TI-Nspire Teachers<strong>of</strong>tware to present a problem to students; link to Teacher Notes or Annotated Students Pages forassistance during instruction; link to an interactive TI-Nspire document for whole classdiscussion; or, if available, send to students’ TI-Nspire handhelds. Occasionally, links towebsites are provided to introduce a problem or for background information.The development <strong>of</strong> the teacher materials reflects our work in numerous pr<strong>of</strong>essionaldevelopment projects (Olson, Zenigami, Slovin, & Olson, 2011) and feedback from teachersdesignated to implement the AMAA materials. Teacher notes are designed and developed aseducative materials (Davis & Krajcik, 2005) and include annotated student pages for each lesson.As educative materials, the teacher notes clarify the mathematical ideas students are expected tolearn, and when appropriate include explanations <strong>of</strong> the mathematics beyond what the students<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> the 40 th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Research Council on Mathematics Learning <strong>2013</strong> 53

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