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(Lead Discussion) |
9/10/03 |
Jackie Hart What to do when student jobs interfere with study. |
Russ Booth Adding polynomials |
Heidi Burgiel NCTM Standards for middle and high school |
9/17/03 |
Erin Murphy How can we make IEP students feel less singled out? |
Steve Self Video: ASCII, Binary and Hexadecimal number systems |
Mary Parlato Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners in the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction |
9/24/03 |
Joseph Murphy Control in the Classroom |
Erin Murphy Quarts, Pints, Crackers and Rates |
Linda McNeilly Learning Mathematical Symbolism: Challenges and Instructional Strategies |
10/1/03 |
Mary Parlato Tracking and Parental Involvement in Tracking |
Decio Matos The Octal Number System |
Russ Booth My Calculator is Broken; It Says the Log of [-1] is ... |
10/8/03 |
Erin Costello What do you do when everyone fails the test? |
Erica D'Ambrosio Logic matrices. |
Erin Murphy Using Cooperative Learning to Improve Reading and Writing in Mathematical Problem Solving |
10/15/03 |
Steve Self "No Child Left Behind" |
Joseph Murphy Creating and Interpreting Stem and Leaf Plots |
Sarah Arruda Teaching Reading in Science and Mathematics |
10/22/03 |
Erica D'Ambrosio Should you take extra time to review a topic if your students "don't get it" the first time? |
Rebecca Taylor Quadratic Equations and Graphing Calculators |
Decio Matos Math Education at Risk |
10/29/03 |
Russ Booth What do you say to the parents? |
Jackie Hart Die Rolling and the Normal Distribution Curve |
Rebecca Taylor Watch your Language! Recommendations to help students communicate |
11/5/03 |
Special guest star
Kevin Curry RiverNet Watershed Program |
Sarah Arruda Measure, compute and compare surface area and volume. |
Erin Costello
Jackie Hart |
11/12/03 |
Rebecca Taylor Unsupportive administration Dan Mastrogiacomo Are IEP's too common? |
Mary Parlato Combinations of Ice Cream Toppings |
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11/19/03 |
Decio Matos Changing the SAT's. |
Erin Costello Interactive Math: Discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem |
Dan Mastrogiacomo Can Math Recovery Save Children before They Fail? Educators Urge Parents to Bolster Girls' Interest in Math and Science |
11/26/03 | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving |
12/3/03 | Sarah Arruda | Dan Mastrogiacomo |
Joseph Murphy Mathematics instruction for secondary students with learning disabilities. Erica D'Ambrosio The Case Against Block Scheduling |
12/10/03 | Discussion of final projects. | Discussion of final projects. |
Steve Self "Learning and Mathematics: Hiebert and Wearne, Teaching by K. Ann Renninger" |