Week 2 Crowd-sourced syllabus (January 23-29) [Jan. 26, 2012, 9:14 p.m.]
Please comment and make suggestions about our syllabus!
The sign-up task was to suggest themes for the course. Of the seven topics I originally selected, the themes suggested in the sign-up task match only three. Definitely something to ponder! We need to push popular themes ahead in the course, I think, and maybe replace some of the others later.
Here are weekly topics and the matching themes:
META
Scope of modern elementary math
(no theme matches, but it’s this week)
Teachers as designers
(no theme matches)
Math ed people and communities
(no theme matches)
Assessment
(no theme matches)
Diversity: people and groups
Students with deep math difficulties (SandyG, Julia Brodsky)
Deep thinking, problem-posing, problem-solving
Problem-solving skills (Carolyn, Carolyn Lesser, Julia Brodsky)
Oral story problems (Denise)
Environments that foster thinking (Julia Brodsky)
Out of the box thinking (Julia Brodsky)
CONTENT
STEAM: science, technology, engineering, arts and math
Teaching math through art (Laura Haeberle)
History of math (April H.)
Practical applications (April H.)
Math in the daily life (Mike T.)
Interdisciplinary math through music, art, history (Mike T.)
Patterns
Patterns(Carolyn, Keisha, Sebastian Panakal, Dinesh Tantri, Bon Crowder, Kathy Cianciola)
Number and measure sense
Counting and numbers (Bon Crowder, Kathy Cianciola)
Number sense (Sebastian Panakal, SandyG, Dinesh Tantri)
De-emphasize fact drill (Denise)
Size (Bon Crowder)
Teaching time (Laura Haeberle)
Measurement (Carolyn Lesser, David Wees)
Number lines (Kathy Cianciola)
Where the wild things are: Exotic content foci
Early algebra (Denise)
Math without words (David Wees)
Vedic math (Sebastian Panakal)
Shapes (Keisha, Bon Crowder)
PROCESS
Computer-based math
Technology and developing math toolboxes (Mike T.)
Computer-based math (Maria Droujkova)
Math & technology (Laura Haeberle)
Learning through play
Learning through play (Carolyn, Carolyn Lesser, Keisha, April H., David Wees)
Math game design (Maria Droujkova)
Math well-being, anxiety,motivation, psychology
How we can get kids who lost interest back on track (ajc1696)
Helping kids despite institutional neglect and boredom with math (michael)
Embodied math (Maria Droujkova)
Exciting, non-intimidating teaching (SandyG)
What causes kids to lose interest, and how to prevent it (ajc1696)
Visual math, auditory math, kinesthetic math (Amanda Graf)
Constant, consistent support to young kids (Kathy Cianciola)