Teaching Matters! Turn High Quality Standards into Successful Mathematics Learning

Saturday January 30, 2016
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Room 372

High-quality standards and curricula are necessary for students to successfully learn mathematics, but insufficient. Teaching matters! What teaching practices most effectively support all students’ attainment of the conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and mathematical problem solving and reasoning capabilities required for high-level mathematics learning? This session presents eight research-based Mathematical Teaching Practices along with the conditions, structures, and policies needed for successful implementation as described in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ recent publication, "Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All."

Presenters
Diane J. Briars, Ph.D

Diane J. Briars is president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), an 80,000-member international mathematics education organization. Previously, Briars was a mathematics education consultant and has also been a senior developer and research associate on the Intensified Algebra Project, a joint venture of the Learning Science Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. This project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, focuses on developing instructional materials for underprepared ninth-grade Algebra 1 students. Diane Briars was mathematics director for Pittsburgh Public Schools. Under her leadership, Pittsburgh schools made significant progress in increasing student achievement through standards-based curricula, instruction, and assessment.
theme:
instruction
audience:
215
topics:
mathematics, common core standards, school improvement