Preparing to Teach Mathematics with Technology – Examining Student Practices
The Preparing to Teach Mathematics with Technology [PTMT] project in a cross institutional project that originated at NC State and has been working for over a decade to support mathematics teacher education through developing materials and contributing research understandings about the knowledge and practices of preservice and inservice mathematics teachers. PTMT materials integrate mathematical and statistical tasks, technology tools, pedagogical strategies, with an emphasis on examining student practices and classroom interactions. The newest phase of this project, PTMT-ESP, aims to expand the materials to include a stronger focus on students’ mathematical practices in technology-mediated environments. To date PTMT has worked with over 200 mathematics teacher educators who in turn have utilized the materials either in courses or professional developments, impacting over 5000 mathematics teachers. (DUE 1123001 and 1821054)
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North Carolina Collaborative for Mathematics Learning
The North Caroline Collaborative for Mathematics Learning [NC2ML] is a statewide partnership that was born out of a grassroots movement to support the teachers of North Carolina in their implementation of newly revised state high school mathematics standards. With research collaborations for six universities in the UNC system and over 300 mathematics teachers, coaches, district specialists from 75 NC school districts we developed 25 online professional learning modules and published over 30 research-practice briefs that are freely available to all high school mathematics teachers in the state. To date, more the 5,250 of NC’s high school mathematics educators from 114 school districts and a large proportion of charter high schools have participated in a least one aspect of the professional development. Since we have expanded the work to support the K-8 revised standards, over 33,000 individuals from all 115 districts in NC have accessed the Collaborative’s materials. The most recent work, funded by NSF, is focused on co-designing resources to support the development of a state-wide shared vision of high quality and equitable math instruction. The NC2ML project PI team was awarded the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2018 Innovator Award which recognizes “outstanding and noteworthy contributions to mathematics education in North Carolina by having founded, initiated, pioneered, or developed some program of service that benefits mathematics education across the state.” (DRL – 2100895 awarded to East Carolina University, DRL-2100903 awarded UNC Greensboro, DRL – 2100947 awarded UNC Charlotte, and DRL – 2100833 awarded to Appalachian State University)
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Workshop on Undergraduate Teaching with Mathematics and Statistics Action Technologies
The Workshop on Undergraduate Teaching with Mathematics and Statistics Action Technologies (referred to as the PTMT Workshop) is a National Science Foundation funded project. The project aims to address the issue of faculty expertise in teaching undergraduate courses for future secondary mathematics teachers by planning and implementing a 2.5-day workshop for instructors of undergraduate content and methods courses that are intended to prepare future teachers to teach mathematics with technology. Specifically, we will provide beginning through advanced level workshops in which faculty will learn how to use mathematics action technologies as learners and consider the ways they might implement them in their courses. (DUE 1954692)
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Technology-Rich Unites for Future Secondary Teachers: Forging Mathematical Connections Through the Geometry of Functions
The Technology-Rich Units for Future Secondary Teachers: Forging Mathematical Connections Through the Geometry of Functions [Forging Connections] project aims to leverage technology to connect mathematical topics that prospective mathematics teachers often view as unrelated. Specifically, this proof of concept project is developing a set of technology-based instructional materials focused on the big ideas identified as important by the Met II documents. Our instructional units consist of seven modules and approximately 20 mathematics lessons, focusing on geometric transformations and their connection to functions, a transformational approach to congruence and similarity, and selected topics in trigonometry, complex numbers, and calculus. To make the materials as relevant as possible to preservice teacher’ future classroom work, we have videotaped high school students (in either whole class or interview settings) as they engage in similar activities. These videos become objects of study for the preservice teachers. (DUE 1712280)