Engaging Parents in Helping Young Children Develop Mathematical Thinking for STEM Fields

Wednesday January 30, 2019
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Grand Ballroom 2501 B

This presentation focuses on how schools can involve parents to be actively engaged in their child’s mathematics education. We will highlight the Primary Mathematics Assessment system that allows schools and parents to screen their students/children and diagnose them on six critical topics that predict success in STEM areas. In addition, we will present educational activities and games that interventionists, paraprofessionals and parents can play with the children.

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Jonathan Brendefur

Dr. Brendefur has been the principal investigator on grants totaling over $17 million in the last fifteen years all of which examined the teaching and learning of mathematics in Title I schools. He has published in more than a dozen peer-reviewed research journals and has been featured as a speaker on the topic of mathematics education in states from each region of the country.
Sam Strother

Sam Strother has worked with on Developing Mathematical Thinking projects in a variety of roles such as associate director, lead professional development facilitator, research assistant and project school classroom teacher. He has published articles on topics such as developing fact fluency, teaching fractions, teaching place value and assessment in mathematics. He is currently coordinating professional development projects in three Title I schools in southern Idaho focused on improving students' achievement in mathematics.
type:
Lecture
theme:
instruction
audience:
classroom leaders
topics:
stem, Title I-A, Title II-A, Title IV-A