Mathematics: Applications and Reasoning Skills (MARS): Summer Workshops

submitter:	Mathematics: Applications and Reasoning Skills (MARS)
published:	07/28/2000
posted to site:	07/28/2000

Mathematics: Applications and Reasoning Skills (MARS)

How long do your workshops last?

One week per session (5 days at 6 hours/day plus time for lunch). We run these sessions at three different times throughout the summer for current elementary teachers, with a modified version for brand-new hires (that's the fourth offering).

How many teachers do you involve in your workshops?

400 current elementary teachers and 200 brand-new hires.

What are your major goals for your workshops in terms of content and pedagogy?

The sessions for current elementary teachers involve teachers who have had at least 60 hours of project-supported professional development thus far. Our goal is to advance both their mathematical content knowledge (particularly in the topics of statistics and data analysis, geometry, and rational numbers) and their pedagogical knowledge (particularly in terms of interpreting student work -- documenting and analyzing students' conceptual understanding).

Are you offering professional development on specific curricula that you are hoping will be used in the classroom? If so, which curricula are you using?

Not as a primary focus. One day is spent on use of Investigations in Data , Number and Space. The remainder of the time focuses on addressing mathematical content and pedagogical expectations refering to the school system's project-developed curriculum guide (sometimes accessing McGraw-Hill commercial materials).

Are you using specific professional develoment materials?

Assume you mean such as DMI. No, we are not using any of these.

General Information

Workshop Objectives

To continue to provide quality staff development to increase competence and excellence among our teachers.
To increase teachers' knowledge of content and pedagogy in order to improve mathematics instruction.
To provide teachers a workshop environment that encourages them to examine their own instructional practices and share with others.

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
KINDERGARTEN - GROUP A

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

8:30 - 11:30

Schedule Pickup
Welcome; Logistics
Overflow of the
Workshop;
Mathematics Update

Auditorium

Update on Maryland
Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Review

8:30 - 11:30

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by the
Professional Staff
University of
Maryland, College
Park

8:30 - 11:30

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Supporting Student
Understanding
through Questioning

Analyzing
Instructional
Practices (Video)

8:30 - 11:30

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Apply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 3:00

Diversifying
Instruction Using
McGraw-Hill
Ancillaries

Student Projects -
Taking the Next Step

12:00 - 3:00

Monitoring,
Assessing and
Documenting
Student Progress

Creating a Home
Partnership

12:00 - 3:00

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Using Manipulatives
to Support Student
Understanding

12:00 - 3:00

Making Connections
Across the
Curriculum

TGIF (Tying Together
Good Instruction for
the Future)

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 1 - GROUP A

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

8:30 - 11:30

Schedule Pickup
Welcome; Logistics
Overflow of the
Workshop;
Mathematics Update

Auditorium

Update on Maryland
Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Review

8:30 - 11:30

Monitoring,
Assessing and
Documenting
Student Progress

Student Projects -
Taking the Next Step

8:30 - 11:30

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by the
Professional Staff
University of
Maryland, College
Park

8:30 - 11:30

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Apply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 3:00

Supporting Student
Understanding
through Questions

Analyzing
Instructional
Practices (Video)

12:00 - 3:00

Diversifying
Instruction Using
McGraw-Hill
Ancillaries

Making Curricular
Connections Using
McGraw-Hill

12:00 - 3:00

Using Manipulatives
to Support Student
Understanding

12:00 - 3:00

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Creating a Home
Partnership

TGIF (Tying Together
Good Instruction for
the Future)

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 2 - GROUP A

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

8:30 - 11:30

Schedule Pickup
Welcome; Logistics
Overflow of the
Workshop;
Mathematics Update

Auditorium

Update on Maryland
Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Review

8:30 - 11:30

Analyzing
Instructional
Practices (Video)

Writing in Mathematics

8:30 - 11:30

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Meeting the Needs of Individual Students

8:30 - 11:30

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Apply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by the
Professional Staff
University of
Maryland, College
Park

12:00 - 3:00

Diversifying
Instruction Using
McGraw-Hill
Ancillaries

12:00 - 3:00

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Monitoring,
Assessing and
Documenting
Student Progress

Using Manipulatives
to Support Student
Understanding

12:00 - 3:00

TGIF (Tying Together
Good Instruction for
the Future)

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 3 - GROUP A

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

8:30 - 11:30

Schedule Pickup
Welcome; Logistics
Overflow of the
Workshop;
Mathematics Update

Auditorium

Update on Maryland
Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Review

8:30 - 11:30

Planning and Pacing
of Instruction

Using Manipulatives
to Support
Mathematical
Understanding

8:30 - 11:30

Monitoring Student Progress

Analyzing
Instructional
Practices (Video)

8:30 - 11:30

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Appply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 3:00

Meeting Individual
Student Needs

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Writing in
Mathematics

TGIF (Tying Together
Good Instruction for
the Future)

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 4 - GROUP A

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

8:30 - 11:30

Schedule Pickup
Welcome; Logistics
Overflow of the
Workshop;
Mathematics Update

Auditorium

Update on Maryland
Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Review

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Rational Numbers)
Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Monitoring
Assessing and
Documenting
Student Progress

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 3:00

Creating a Rich
Learning
Environment

12:00 - 3:00

Analyzing
Instructional
Practices (Video)

Diversifying
Instruction Using
McGraw-Hill
Ancillaries

12:00 - 3:00

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Apply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

12:00 - 3:00

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

TGIF (Tying Together
Good Instruction for
the Future)

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 5 - GROUP A

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

8:30 - 11:30

Schedule Pickup
Welcome; Logistics
Overflow of the
Workshop;
Mathematics Update

Auditorium

Update on Maryland
Learning Outcomes

Curriculum Review

12:00 - 3:00

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Apply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

12:00 - 3:00

The Hook Up: Using
McGraw-Hill
Connections to
Diversify Learning

Analyzing
Instructional
Practices (Video)

8:30 - 11:30

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

8:30 - 11:30

Monitoring,
Assessing and
Documenting
Student Progress

Using Manipulatives
to Support
Mathematical
Understanding

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Rational Numbers)
Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Using the McGraw-
Hill Investigation to
Apply and Extend
Mathematical
Understanding and
Support MSPAP
Performance

12:00 - 3:00

Increasing Our Own
Mathematical
Understanding
(Self-selected)
Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

Using Student Work
to Inform Instruction

Presented by
Educational
Consultants, Scott-
Foresman Publishers

12:00 - 3:00

TGIF (Tying Together
Good Instruction for
the Future)

Summer Workshop Plans

Mathematics: Applications and Reasoning Skills (MARS)

General Information

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE KINDERGARTEN - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE GRADE 1 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE GRADE 2 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE GRADE 3 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE GRADE 4 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE GRADE 5 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
KINDERGARTEN - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 1 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 2 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 3 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 4 - GROUP A

MARS K-5 MATHEMATICS SUMMER 2000 INSTITUTE
GRADE 5 - GROUP A