Teaching Mathematics Using Online Resources
ASU’s four-week institute utilized “Study Works,” a computerized algebra system and a collection Dr. Keith Alford of lessons in Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Alcorn State University Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Statistics, and Business 1000 ASU Drive, #30 Math to build knowledge of mathematics content while using the Alcorn State, MS 39096 Internet as a resource tool in teaching. Teachers were able to [email protected] master these topics using colorful, detailed multimedia http://www.alcorn.edu/epdp/sum presentations while studying how to apply key concepts with mer.html examples, and by practicing problem sets, math activities, and real-world applications.
During the morning sessions, teachers worked in groups “‘We were successful in of two to develop lesson plans based on the different modules completing our two main while the afternoon sessions were devoted to a variety of objectives. We all learned activities useful in classroom and course management including some new mathematics the use of e-mail and electronic posting of grades. and learned how to use several online resources Teachers from the following schools and school districts as an aid in teaching mathematics. Our participated: Adams County Christian School, Brookhaven approach forced us to Schools, Copiah County Schools, Greenwood Schools, face the challenge that Jefferson County Schools, Port Gibson Schools, Vicksburg- new Computer Algebra Warren County Schools, Lincoln County Schools. Systems bring to how we teach and learn Mathematics.”
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Harry Brown, II, Port Gibson Middle School, Port Gibson 7th and 8th Grades
Stephen Brown Vicksburg High School, Vicksburg 9th - 12th Grades
Emelda Owens Bryant Michael Harrigill Alexander Junior High, Brookhaven Adams County Christian School 7th Grade 9th - 12th Grades
Presandra Thompson Butler Tammy Harris Port Gibson High School, Port Gibson Port Gibson Middle School, Port Gibson 9th -12th Grades 7th and 8th Grades
Geraldine Coleman Sandra Renee Nash Jefferson County High School Port Gibson High School, Port Gibson 9th - 12th Grades 9th - 12th Grades
Pam Davis Bonnie Phillips Brookhaven Public Schools, Brookhaven Enterprise School District 8th Grade 9th - 12th Grades
Bettye Edwards Carolyn Wesley Price Jefferson County High School Brookhaven High School, Brookhaven 9th - 12th Grades 9th - 12th Grades
Carol Frizzell Carla L. Profice Crystal Springs High School, Crystal Springs Jefferson County School District 9th - 12th Grades 7th - 12th Grades
Yokenia Graham Lenon Rankin Port Gibson Middle School, Port Gibson Jefferson County Schools 6th and 7th Grades 10th - 12th Grades
Mary Smith Greenwood High School, Greenwood 9th - 12th Grades
-9- DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
2001 Algebra Institute Dr. Rose Strahan (left) and Dr. Stella Wear (right) Delta State University Box 3242 Cleveland, MS 38733 The summer institute focused on algebraic content in 662-846-4505 grades 6 through 12. Sessions incorporated teaching strategies [email protected] and content. http://www.deltast.edu/academic s/artsci/math/algebrainst.html The goal of the Algebra Institute was to establish a support system for less accomplished mathematics teachers by pairing a less accomplished teacher with a master teacher from the same school district and focusing on improving their “Teachers from all grade background in mathematics. These teams explored and levels developed an practiced a variety of teaching and assessment techniques and awareness and learned how to use these new skills in a productive classroom appreciation for the fact learning environment. Over the course of four weeks, teachers that algebra is taught at covered content in Pre-Algebra and Algebra I. all levels not just in Algebra I. Although the participants came from a To ensure that participants would directly integrate variety of teaching levels content and strategies learned during the Institute in their and mathematics classroom, they were required to incorporate the textbook(s) backgrounds, they worked they would be using during 2001-2002 academic year into the well together and learned activities of the Institute. All participants submitted written from each other. The solutions to problems, written assignments that covered algebra master teachers who objectives and written lesson plans suitable for web-site came in with definite distribution, and daily journals. ideas about how to teach certain concepts opened their minds to new Six hours of graduate credit were awarded to eligible methods and became participants. Each teacher received a stipend of $1,500. During enthusiastic about the use the 2001-2002 academic year, participants will return to the DSU of new strategies and campus for four Saturday follow-up sessions. manipulatives. The teachers who did not have Teachers from the following schools participated: a major in mathematics Cleveland Schools, Coahoma County Schools, Clarksdale were able to make great Schools, Goodman-Pickens Schools, Leland Schools, Mound progress in developing Bayou Schools, Ruleville Schools, Inverness Schools, and North confidence and ability as indicated by their scores Delta Academy. on content tests and our observations of their work.”
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Jason Arledge Margaret Green Middle School, Cleveland 7th and 8th Grades
Juanita Burnett Coahoma County Schools, Clarksdale Frank Jackson 7th Grade Leland Schools, Leland Middle Grades Lisa Dixon Cleveland High School, Cleveland Mildred Lewis 9th - 12th Grades Goodman-Pickens Elementary, Goodman 5th and 6th Grades Hertensia Farmer Eastwood Middle School, Cleveland Navie Lloyd 7th and 8th Grades Gentry High School, Indianola 9th - 12th Grades Angela Griffin Clarksdale Schools, Clarksdale Miskia L. Meeks 7th and 8th Grades Ruleville Central High School, Ruleville 9th Grade Margaret Holland Goodman-Pickens Elementary, Goodman Alberta Raymond 4th and 5th Grades Inverness
Lisa Smith North Delta Academy, Batesville
Steve Wies Cleveland High School, Cleveland 9th - 12th Grades
Sandra Wilson East Side High School, Cleveland
-11-11 Jackson State Dr .Evelyn White University Institute for Improving Middle School Mathematics Teaching Using The Standards and Technology (IMST) 2 Dr. Henry Gore Jackson State University 1400 J. R. Lynch Street The Department of Mathematics and the School of Jackson, MS 39217 Education jointly established an institute for middle school (601) 979-2161 [email protected] mathematics teachers within a 50-mile radius of the Jackson [email protected] State University campus. The purpose of the Institute was to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for middle school students in Mississippi by providing in-service training for “The Summer Institute was middle school mathematics teachers in the areas of Pre- very successful and very Algebra, Transitional Mathematics, and Algebra I. significant as an effort to improve the teaching and Fourteen teachers participated in a four-week workshop learning of mathematics at consisting of mathematics content education, technology use, the middle school level. The participants received inquiry, problem-solving strategies, manipulative use, resource valuable training on gathering, research methodology, teacher presentations, and understanding the leadership training. Participants received lesson plans and national and state resource materials developed during the workshop. They also standards for classroom received resource kits that included manipulatives, materials for instruction in mathematics computer assisted instruction, and TI-83 graphing calculators. and how they translate into practice, by providing them with opportunities for Project coordinators and hands-on experiences with directors visited participant the use of manipulatives, schools at least once each computer-assisted semester during the 2001-2002 instruction and mutimedia school year to participate in technology, and by developing and dissemi- school-based seminars, provide nating model lesson plans. technical support, and assess We look forward to the the level of implementation and follow-up activities the status of leadership team scheduled during the development that will occur in academic year 2001-2002 the schools where participants when the participants will be provided more are employed. opportunities and share their experiences with other Teachers from Jackson and Hazlehurst participated. middle school mathematics teachers in their districts.”
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Sefu Grady Timberlawn Elementary School, Jackson 4th Grade
Patricia Green Lester Elementary School, Jackson 5th Grade Elizabeth Riles Michael Johnson Hardy Middle School, Jackson Blackburn Middle School, Jackson 8th Grade 6th Grade Brendsha Roby Suntina Johnson Chastain Middle School, Jackson Chastain Middle School, Jackson 6th Grade 8th Grade Cheryl Lynn Smith Brenda Jordan Bryan Middle School, Jackson Hazlehurst Middle School, Hazlehurst 3rd - 6th Grade 7th Grade Tunja Smith Karen Manning Spann Elementary School, Jackson Lester Elementary School, Jackson 5th Grade 4th Grade Billye Jo Thrash Jennifer Noble Chastain Middle School, Jackson Chastain Middle School, Jackson 7th Grade 5th Grade Gina Wallace Powell Middle School, Jackson 8th Grade
Mary Welch Hardy Middle School, Jackson 6th Grade
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Middle School Mathematics Initiative
During Mississippi College’s Middle School Mathematics Initiative, twenty teachers received active hands-on instruction in mathematics designed to meet Dr. Teresa Floyd Mississippi’s content and process standards. During the Mississippi College Institute, selected middle school teachers (grades 5-8) P.O. Box 4025 utilized graphing calculators, the Internet, and mathematics Clinton, MS 39058 601-925-3468 software programs to develop lesson plans for use in their [email protected] classrooms. www.mc.edu/campus/users/floyd
Small group interaction, along with peer discussions and activities led by professional mathematics educators and successful middle school mathematics teachers, “The MSMI experience was provided motivation and information designed to lively and informative. Both strengthen the content knowledge of the participants. the instructors and Follow-up activities consist of two Friday sessions during participants enjoyed hearing teaching experiences and the school year as well as classroom visits by Institute fellowship with peer instructors to encourage and monitor progress of teachers of mathematics.” participants. Participants were also encouraged to present at the annual Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) meeting in the fall. Six hours of graduate credit were awarded to eligible participants.
Teachers in Jackson Public Schools, and Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, and Warren Counties participated in the four- week summer institute.
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Amanda Baucom Chastain Middle School, Jackson Middle School Mathematics Faith Gibson Pelahatchie High Sherry Brinson, School, Forest Hill High School, Jackson Pelahatchie 9th Grade Initiative 9th - 12th Grades
Robyn Caldwell Anita Jefferson Chastain Middle School, Jackson C M & I, Jackson 6th Grade 6th Grade
Cynthia Causey Brad Johns Northwest Middle School, Jackson Mendenhall High School, Mendenhall 6th Grade 9th and 10th Grades
Bonnie Cherry-Crapps Ellen Jolly Blackburn Middle School, Jackson Florence Middle School, Florence 6th Grade 7th Grade
Alfie Clark Nason Lollar Peeples Middle School, Jackson Terry High School, Terry 6th Grade 9th Grade
Ann Delaski Sarita Mark St. Joe High School, Madison Carver Middle School, Raymond 8th - 10th Grades 8th and 9th Grades
Sheila Erves Judy McDevitt Warren Central High School, Vicksburg Warren Central High School, 10th Grade 8th - 10th Grades
Clare Ganzevoort Janet Newell Covenant Christian Jackson, Jackson Forest Hill High School, Jackson 7th - 12th Grades 9th Grade
Shakinna Norman Rowan Middle School, 7th and 8th Grades
Clay Norton Central Hinds Academy, Jackson 7th and 8th Grades
Angela Pilgrim Byram Middle School, Byram 8th Grade
-15- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Jefferson Davis Campus Karen Fayard Teaching Math in the 21st Century; Real World Applications and Technology
MGCCC’s institute was designed with the specific goals of developing teams of math teachers to provide leadership and Susan Pagano training in improving math education in their schools and to assist MS Gulf Coast Community College 2226 Switzer Road local school districts improve and sustain an ongoing math Gulfport, MS 39507 improvement program by providing resources, teacher training, 228-896-2520 and technical support. [email protected] [email protected] http://www2.mgccc.cc.ms.us/~matha Instructors provided opportunities for ten middle school ndcomputers/math/links. html and junior high teachers to participate in sessions on problem solving, cooperative learning, metrics, fractions and math applications in the sciences. Field trips to Lockheed-Martin in New Orleans, the weather school at Keesler Air Force Base, and “Our interaction with the the Stennis Space Center ensured that participants would see teachers provided us with examples of math in the workplace during the four-week summer insight into the rewards institute. Demonstrations and hands-on activities centered on and challenges of making math relevant to students business applications of mathematics including the development in middle and junior high of an institute website. schools. The teacher participants demonstrated In addition, the Institute sponsored a Math Camp for forty enthusiasm for the 8th and 9th grade students. These students participated in math material presented as well activities as well as an orientation in why a sound mathematics as eagerness in the background is important to their success in college. planning for the institute math camp. We were Middle school and junior high also gratified to receive invaluable support from teachers from Harrison County, the business and Jackson County, Gulfport City and industrial community. The Biloxi City school districts institute motivated us to participated in the Institute. consider revisiting our curriculum in order to better meet the educational needs of future community college students.”
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Sue Hatem North Gulfport Grade School, Gulfport 8th Grade
Diane Hayes Fernwood Junior High School, Biloxi 7th and 8th Grades
Melissa Parker West Wortham Middle School, Saucier 8th Grade
Sandra Locke St. Martin Junior High School, Ocean Springs 8th and 9th Grades
Janice Massey St. Martin High School, Ocean Springs 9th Grade
Sandi Parks North Gulfport Grade School, Gulfport 8th Grade
Rosalind Peterson Gulfport Central Middle School, Gulfport 8th Grade
Stacy Turner D’Iberville Middle School, D’Iberville 8th Grade
Corey Lombard Gulfport Central Middle School, Gulfport 6th Grade
Sharon Sumrall North Gulfport Grade School, Gulfport 7th Grade
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Mississippi State University
Institute for Algebra and Quantitative Literacy
Dr. Bruce Ebanks Mississippi State University A collaborative effort of MSU’s Departments Mississippi State, MS 39762 of Mathematics and Statistics and Curriculum and (662) 325-3414 Instruction, the summer institute provided exemplary fax (662) 325-0005 training for eighteen teachers in algebraic and [email protected] http://www.iaql.msstate.edu statistical content, data analysis, classroom technology, and content-specific pedagogy as outlined in the Mississippi Mathematical Framework 2000 and the Principles and Standards for School “International studies show Mathematics for grades 6 through 8. that while fourth graders in the U. S. do well in mathematics compared to Participating teachers utilized graphing those in other countries, calculators, computer software applications, and middle school students in the manipulatives to design lesson plans that would U. S. fall behind their connect to, complement, and extend algebraic and counterparts overseas. We statistical content. Teachers received TI-83 graphing need to find ways to improve calculators, textbooks, manipulatives, and lesson middle school mathematics in this country. In Mississippi plans to use in their classrooms. They prepared most middle school teachers sample lesson plans, reports, and presentations. Six have a K-8 certification which hours of graduate credit were awarded to eligible focuses mainly on participants. elementary-level mathematics. Our Institute The four-week institute served mathematics focused on the mathematics teachers for the following counties: Clay, Lowndes, and statistics which is becoming increasingly Monroe, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, and prevalent in middle schools Winston. but was not a necessary requirement in the teachers’ K-8 certification training. Our goal was to give these teachers a deeper understanding of this material.”
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Sherry Anderson Maggie Dennis Grace Christian School, Louisville Starkville Academy, 6th Grade Starkville 7th Grade Lisa Bane Winston Academy, Louisville Pamela Hardin 4th and 7th Grades B.F. Liddell Middle School, Macon Mary Nolen 5th Grade B.F. Liddell Middle School, Macon Jody Brown 5th and 8th Grades Central School, West Point Leigh Suzanne Houston 6th Grade Starkville Academy, Starkville Kathy Patterson 7th, 9th and 12th Grades Shivers Junior High School, Amory Susan Carpenter 7th and 8th Grades Starkville Academy, Starkville Omega Larkin 8th and 10th Grades West Lowndes High School, West Erna Rhodman Point Ward Stewart School, Starkville Jamie Cunningham Tankson 9th and 10th Grades 5th Grades B.F. Liddell Middle School, Macon 5th Grade Melissa McKinney Pat Shelton B.F. Liddell Middle School, Macon Central School, West Point 5th Grades 5th Grades
Johnny McLeod Laura Smith Noxapater High School, Louisville Ward Stewart School, Starkville 7th, 8th and 9th Grades 4th Grades
Alex Naughton Loyce Turner Mississippi State University, Leake Academy, Philadelphia Starkville 9th – 12th Grades
-19- Mississippi University for Women Making Mathematics
Meaningful (M 3) Dr. Barbara Moore Mississippi University for Women W-100 Mississippi University for Women, in collaboration with the Columbus, MS 39701 Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, hosted a three week 662-329-7150 workshop for thirteen upper level mathematics teachers from seven school [email protected] districts. The primary goal of the workshop was to provide mathematics teachers with instruction and resources they could use in upper level mathematics courses, helping to make higher-level mathematics concepts understandable and enjoyable. "Opportunities such as Making Mathematics Teachers created curriculum units addressing concepts central to Meaningful are the study of Post-Algebra II courses using a variety of hands-on strategies sure to have a that meet the needs of a diverse student population. Instruction was centered positive impact on on functions (including trigonometric, polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, mathematics and logistic functions), data analysis, mathematical modeling, and calculus teachers and applications. students."
Teachers from Amory, Aberdeen, Columbus, Heidelburg, West Point, Lowndes, Noxubee, and Oktibbeha counties participated in the summer institute.
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Jessie Lampley Debbie Bland Noxubee County High School New Hope High School
Tommy L. Orr Addie Coleman Noxubee County High School Heidelberg High School
Mary Peterson Loni Crowder Sturgis Attendance Center Smithville High School
Cathleen Pfifer Grant J. Egley Columbus High School Aberdeen High School
Mary Phinisey Lisa Herndon Lee High School Amory High School
Kathyrn Soule Karen Howard West Point High School Aberdeen High School
Sean Johnson Moor High School
-21- Mississippi Valley State University Delta Area Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences Mr. David Carter Project Mississippi Valley State University 14000 Hwy 82, Box 7276 The Delta Area Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences Project’s Itta Bena MS 38941 focus is to improve the teaching of mathematics and physical sciences at the (662) 254-3719 junior high to high school levels in the Mississippi Delta. The project is a [email protected] collaborative effort of the Joint Institute for Effective Teaching Practices at
Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) and Delta State University, the "It is amazing to see the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Mississippi, the Delta light bulbs go on for the State University and Mississippi Delta Community College Science teachers in our workshops. One Algebra Departments and the MVSU College of Education. 1 teacher commented , ‘I now see how the math The program provides lab and classroom supplies, training and I've been teaching is really used.’ Our support to 47 participating teachers in over fifteen school districts. The primary workshops provide the program goal is to build a mathematics and physical science education link between mathematics and the sciences that infrastructure in the Mississippi Delta. Teachers receive a thorough review of teachers need to address the subject area content along with training in the use of inquiry-based, hands- state and national on/minds-on teaching techniques including calculator based data collection standards in these disciplines." technologies.
Participating teachers learned to use graphing calculators and graphing calculator software to take data, display graphs, and analyze the data from graphs. SERVE provided the institute with $20,000 which enabled the project to purchase additional materials (calculator-based laboratory probeware, Calculator-based Sonic Ranger and Great Explorations in Math and Science kits) for teachers participating in the program.
Participating teachers were from the Mississippi Delta area high schools and middle schools.
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Ollie Armstrong Lesley Cotton Rylander Lee Coleman Junior High Clarksdale High School Greenwood High Greenville – 7th Grade Clarksdale Greenville – 8th Grade
Walter Atkins Eddie Dennis Mildred Lewis Richard Russo South Delta Middle School Indianola Junior High Goodman-Pickens Elem. Bruce High School Anguilla – 7th Grade Indianola Sallis – 5thand 6th Grades Bruce
Enda Boles Sarah Fleeman Tina Manning Bruce Charles Sikes Threadgill Junior High South Delta Middle School Greenwood High School Gentry High School Greenwood – 6th Grade Anguilla – 7th Grade Greenwood–7th and 8th Indianola Grades Melanie Breaux Lovie Fleming Carolyn Spencer Coleman Junior High Williams Sullivan High Nancy McClain Leland Middle School Greenville – 6th Grade Durant Riverside High School Leland Avalon Xandra Brooks-Keys Evelyn Gordon Larry Thomas Myrtle Hall #3 Davis Elementary Jeanne Miller South Delta Middle School Clarksdale -7th-12th Grades Greenwood – 5th Grade Byhalia High School Anguilla Byhalia Jametta Brown Angela Griffin Marva Walker T. L. Weston High, Higgins Junior High Martha Mills McEvans Elem. School th Shaw Greenville Clarksdale – 8 Grade North Delta School Batesville Keith Walton Melvin Brown Frances Hall Humphrey’s County High Barbara Moore Coahoma County Jr. High T. L. Weston High th Greenville Belzoni – 7th Grade Davis Elementary Clarksdale – 7 Grade Greenwood – 5th Grade Willie Buckner Margaret Holland Pam Ward Davis Elementary Goodman-Pickens Elem. Joan Morris Solomon Jr. High th Greenville – 8th Grade Greenwood – 6th Grade Goodman – 5 Grade Oakhurst Junior High Clarksdale–7th and 8th Rhonda Washington Juanita Burnett Artman Jackson Grades Madison Palmer High Coahoma County Jr. High J.F.K. High School Marks Clarksdale – 7th Grade Mound Bayou Ayonna Nevels Threadgill Junior High th Linda Watts Martha Byrd Joyce Jennings Greenwood – 5 Grade South Delta Middle School JFK High School, Solomon Junior High th Anguilla – 6th Grade Mound Bayou Greenville – 8 Grade Yvette Pirtie Leflore County High th th Artie Williams Tonya Carter Sandra Johnson Itta Bena – 7 and 8 Greenwood Middle School T. L. Weston High Solomon Junior High Grades th th Greenville Greenville – 8 Grade Greenwood – 7 Grade Delores Ramsey Davis Elementary Corsandra Williams Greenwood – 5th Grade Davis Elementary Greenwood Mary Robinson West Bolivar Middle School Vivian Williams South Delta Middle School Rosedale – 6th - 8th Grades Anguilla – 6th Grade
Phatasis Winfrey S. V. Marshall High Lexington
-23- Dr. David Rock The University of The University of Mississippi Mississippi Department of Mathematics The Mississippi Middle Oxford, MS 38677 662-915-3997 School Mathematics [email protected] Project (3M) www.olemiss.edu/depts/educ_sc hool/CI/3m/ The Mississippi Middle School Mathematics Project (3M) developed teacher confidence in mathematics by linking the activity of doing mathematics Dr. Don to immersion in discussions, demonstrations, readings, and hands-on-activities Schillinger that represent best practices for integrating mathematics instruction and School of infusing technology and primary sources. Education, 126 662-915-3847 Seventeen participants attended a three-week workshop that dnschill@olemiss. consisted of presentations on mathematics content, developmentally edu appropriate methods, materials, lessons, and activities designed to increase the skill and knowledge of participants in problem-solving strategies and “It has been very fulfilling and reasoning. gratifying to be involved in the Mississippi Middle School The 17 participants received one Geometer’s Sketchpad, one Mathematics Project. The teachers were very responsive MathXpert, one Casio 7400 graphing calculator and one Casio FX 2.0 algebra and receptive to the entire tutorial calculator, one calculator/TV interface, one overhead fractional workshop agenda, but I was particularly pleased with their calculator and one factional (normal) calculator. Three follow-up sessions are willingness and enthusiasm to scheduled for the 2001-2002 school year. embrace the learning of new technologies.” - Don Schillinger Grant writing instruction is provided for participants in follow-up sessions to give them the skills needed to write grants for the purpose of purchasing technology to enhance their classroom teaching (e.g. acquisition of classroom sets of calculators). Each participant creates their personal mathematics webpage.
-24- The University of Mississippi Summer Institute Participants
Kim Winters Jim DeMien Lafayette Middle School Batesville Middle School 7th and 8th Grades 5th Grade
Frances M. Ramsey (Fran) Shawan Cunningham Lafayette Middle School Coffeeville Elementary School 8th Grade 6th Grade
Sabrina Austin Debre W. Darby Batesville Junior High Pope School 8th Grade 5th Grade
Bettie Jeffreys Jean M. Black Coffeeville Elementary School Water Valley High School 5th Grade 8th and 9th Grades
Kimberly Boyles Cindy Taylor Como Middle School Hathorn Elementary 8th Grade School
Val Swanson Batesville Middle School 5th Grade
Deatrice Cox Coffeeville Elementary School 5th Grade
Karen Hamilton Water Valley High 7th Grade
Carolyn Carter Davidson Elementary, Water Valley 6th Grade
Jane Carol McKitterick Pope School 6th Grade
Deborah Johnson Batesville Junior High 8th Grade
-25- The University of Southern Mississippi
Dr. Susan Ross Summer Mathematics Institute University of Southern Mississippi CSME, Box 5087, Hattiesburg, MS for Teachers of Algebra 39406-5087 601) 266-4739 [email protected] The project focused on incorporating algebra concepts in grades 6-12 http://pax.st.usm.edu/csme/outreach_ and strengthening mathematics teachers’ understanding of algebra concepts. html/summer.html The primary goal of this project was to develop and implement a summer professional development institute to assist mathematics teachers in grades 6- “It is exciting to be able to 12 with the development of content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge in work with a few of the high Pre-algebra and Algebra 1. quality teachers we have in South Mississippi. The dedication and hard work of Seventeen teachers participated in a four-week workshop designed to these teachers is an inspiration for students and shift content focus from memorization of isolated facts and development of for all others who have the opportunity to work with low-level skills to conceptual thinking and problem-solving algebra, a change them. This past summer, from didactic teaching toward more constructivist practices, and a change there were 18 middle school and high school teachers from a dominant assessment strategy of testing to multiple methods of that devoted four weeks of their summer break to come systemically gathering data to determine student understanding and ability. and learn more about the teaching of Pre-algebra and Algebra I. They came to Participants received CEU credits and/or course credit for license learn the content and to renewal. Each participant received the following instructional materials; TI-83 identify ways to help their students become more graphing calculator, GraphLink cables, Calculator Based Rangers, a copy of successful in algebra. In the process, they met colleagues the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics released by the National from other schools and Council of Teachers of Mathematics in April 2000, a copy of the Mississippi developed friendships and partnerships that will Mathematics 2000 Frameworks, continue to develop in the next few months and years. and manipulative sets for Partnerships were formed that have led to the teaching algebra concepts. A development of website and listserv were presentations for the state and regional level with the developed in order to provide National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. continued support and contact I hope to be able to continue with participants. working with these teachers and with the many other quality teachers we have in the schools.”
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Stacie Mayfield Melissa Anderson Perry Co. Schools Pearl River Central High School 9th - 12th Grades 9th - 12th Grades Susan McQueen Shelia Catlett Lamar Co. Schools Lamar County Schools 9th - 12th Grades 9th - 12th Grades Robert Mills Elizabeth Chance Marion Co. Schools Forrest County Agricultural H.S. 9th - 12th Grades 9th - 12th Grades Cassandra Slack Lydia J. Cochran Wayne Co. Schools Covington County 7th Grade 7th and 8th Grades Darrinda Nicholson Shauna Hedgepeth Wayne Co. Schools Lamar Co. Schools 7th Grade 7th Grade Janet Shores Karen Jackson North Pike Schools Picayune School District 9th - 12th Grades 8th Grade Peggy Sumrall Shelia Martin Forrest Co. Agricultural H.S. Lamar Christian School 9th - 11th Grades 8th - 11th Grades Adelia Webb Lamar Co. Schools 9th - 12th Grades
Tony Welch Jones Co. Schools 8th, 11th - 12th Grades
Terry Young, Picayune School System 9th - 12th Grades
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