Mathematics Navigations and Number Sense

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Mathematics Navigations and Number Sense

• Deborah A. McAllister, Project Director
• The University of Tennessee
• at Chattanooga

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Funding

• Tennessee Higher Education Commission
• Improving Teacher Quality Grant Program
• Three professional development summer workshops
  for teachers
• Amount funded 75,000.00

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Summary

• Mathematics Navigations and Number Sense will
  focus on inservice teacher professional
  development as an agent to effect change in the
  Grades 3-5 classroom.
• Through three, week-long summer workshops, 60
  teachers will focus on algebra and geometry tasks
  from the Navigations series, measurement and data
  analysis and probability tasks from the
  Navigations series, or number sense tasks from
  Math Matters as a means to improve their
  knowledge and skills, and, in turn, their
  students' knowledge and skills in these areas.

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Activities

• Hands-on activities using a variety of
  mathematics manipulatives, and constructivist
  strategies for teaching and learning, will be
  emphasized.
• Computer technology will be used to explore
  software and Internet sites relevant to the
  mathematics under study.

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Standards

• A great majority of national, state, and local
  curriculum standards and expectations for
  algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and
  probability, and number and operations will be
  met through workshop activities.

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General Information for Workshops

• Limited to 20 teachers per workshop who have
  responsibility for teaching mathematics.
• Current employment in participating counties.
• Stipend provided, 50 per day for 5 days lunch
  and snacks provided.
• Materials include relevant book(s) and ETA kit.

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General Information (cont.)

• Must participate in all 5 days of the workshop.
• Complete a pre-test and a post-test of relevant
  mathematics items.
• Principals recommendation required.
• This project places an emphasis on serving
  teachers in (a) high-need LEAs, and/or (b)
  high-priority schools.

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Optional Items

• Enroll for 3 semester hours of graduate credit
  during the fall of 2006 in EDUC 590.
• Volunteer as one of five participants with whom I
  will conduct site visits, both in the spring,
  prior to the workshop, and after school has begun
  in the fall, to observe, and make suggestions
  regarding mathematics content and methods
  employed in the classroom.

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Workshop 1

• Algebra and Geometry Navigations for Grades 3-5
• June 12-16, 2006, 900 a.m. - 300 p.m.
• Please note This is the same workshop that was
  presented in 2003 and 2005.

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WS1 Sample Activities

• In an algebra activity, calculators will be used
  to explore and extend patterns of numbers.
• In a geometry activity, paper representations of
  quilt squares will be used to explore
  transformations through slides, flips, and turns.

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Workshop 2

• Measurement and Data Analysis and Probability
  Navigations for Grades 3-5
• June 19-23, 2006, 900 a.m. - 300 p.m.

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WS2 Sample Activities

• In a measurement activity, a geoboard will be
  used to find the area of rectangular and
  irregular shapes.
• In a data analysis and probability activity,
  spinners with equal and unequal sections will be
  used to collect data, and data will be graphed.

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Workshop 3

• Number Sense for Grades 3-5
• June 26-30, 2006, 900 a.m. - 300 p.m.
• Please note This is the same workshop that was
  presented in 2005.

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WS3 Sample Activity

• In a number sense activity, pattern blocks will
  be used as a model when adding and subtracting
  fractions.

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Project Personnel

• Dr. Deborah A. McAllister, UTC
• Lisa S. Richardson, CSAS
• Peggy S. Moyer, Red Bank H. S.
• V. Kaye McClanahan, Walker Valley H. S.
• Shirley A. McDonald, Ringgold M. S.
• Susan M. Bothman, Ooltewah H. S.
• Erik Stubsten, CSTCC
• Bob Richards, Graduate Assistant

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For More Information

• Dr. Deborah A. McAllister
• UTC Teacher Preparation Academy
• Dept. 4154, 615 McCallie Ave.
• Chattanooga, TN 37403
• Phone [phone]
• FAX [phone]
• Email Deborah-McAllister_at_utc.edu