Transition Mathematics Project

 

TMP/RPM Spring Workshop
April 20 - 21, 2010

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Team workplan activities

With the guidance of the RPM Management Team, the new partnership came together in a number of activities to further define and expand on the work proposed in their individual grant applications.

• Using a Vision Exercise, the teams developed and shared brief descriptive overviews of the projects and identified potential challenges and areas for cross-college connections
• In trying to connect assessment, research and project evaluation, the teams each compiled a list of questions to assist in understanding the "complex ecology" of pre-college mathematics.

You will find both the Vision Exercise and the list of questions created by each of the Project Teams by clicking on the Project Names below. Teams are encourgage to revisit and update these helpful documents as they move farther along in their project path.

Clark College	Everett Community College
Highline Community College	Lower Columbia Community College
North Seattle Community College	Northwest Indian College
Spokane Falls Community College

eVENT DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES

The agenda included resources that helped drive specific topic discussions:

SESSION	RESOURCES / READINGS
Setting a context: reviewing project parameters, expectations, and logistics	Beyond Crossroads - especially chapters 4-6: 4 focuses on learning environments (the how question), 5 on assessment (the how do we know question), 6 on curriculum (the what question)
Building and sustaining effective coalitions around mathematics in two-year colleges	Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching What Community College Developmental Mathematics Students Understand About Mathematics - James Stigler, Winter 2010 - Because the research literature did not cover what mathematical knowledge students have, James Stigler undertook fieldwork to learn more about students’ understanding of basic mathematics, and student perceptions.
Developing and supporting faculty inquiry groups: Seminar discussion on Lani Horn's "Ambitious Teaching" and "Inherent Interdependednce of Teachers"	New Horizons for Learning - “Teacher Collaboration and Ambitious Teaching: Reflections On What Matters”, by Ilana Horn Excerpt from “The Inherent Interdependence of Teachers”, by Ilana Horn
Asking the right questions to understand the “complex ecology” of precollege mathematics: Trying to connect assessment, research, and project evaluation	Infed -: Learning, Reflection and Change, by Donald Schoen Inventio - "The Scholarship of Teaching: What's the Problem, by Randy Bass Researching Mathematics Instruction in Community College, by Vilma Mesa "Keeping Learning On Track (KLOT): Integrating assessment with instruction, by Dylan Wiliam "Change and Sustain/Ability: A Program Director's Reflections on Insitutional Learning, by Rose Asera
Building and supporting a real coalition (three core practices)	Beyond Crossroads LIVE! - Chapter 7: Instruction - Classroom Assessment book excerpts: action research handout for departments Teacher and Action Research - Are you interested in using a teacher research process in your classroom?