Making Connections, 2006

Participants

Arizona team

• Terry Greer, Naylor Middle School
• Steve Kraus, Orange Grove Middle School
• Bill McCallum, University of Arizona
• Rebecca McGraw, University of Arizona
• Matt Ondrus, University of Arizona

Georgia team

• Sybilla Beckmann, University of Georgia
• Brad Findell, University of Georgia
• Sherry Hix, University of Georgia
• Summer Tuggle, Clarke Middle School

Montana team

• Terri Dahl, Charles Russel High School, Great Falls
• Johnny Lott, University of Montana
• Jenny McNulty, University of Montana

Followup Activities

The Montana team held local Making Connections workshops in September 2006 and January 2007. More ....

Workshop, June 7–9

Day one

• Meetings in disciplinary groups (educators, mathematicians, teachers) to discuss problems and the mathematical and pedagogical points they present
• Reports on disciplinary meetings
• Teacher presentations of their students' work

Day two

• Conclusion of teacher presentations
• Presentation and discussion of results of Tucson student surveys
• Regional teams (Arizona, Georgia, Montana) choose a particular problem or set of problems and student work to look at, and a particular mathematical or pedagogical point that they illustrate, and discuss from different disciplinary perspectives

Day three

• Whole group discussion: what we have learned, ideas for curriculum modules (for inservice or preservice teachers, for graduate teaching assistants, or for school students)
• Regional teams to plan and start work on a curriculum module arising out of the problem analysis
• Reports on progress and plans for the future