Alan Russell from the Department of Mathmatics and Statistics describes his Writing Excellence Initiative Grant Project.
Wednesday, March 11, 1:40-2:20 p.m.
Duke 203
Primary Audience
Mathematics and Education Faculty
Open to all faculty and staff
Students in MTH 208: Number and Algebra for K-8 Teachers were asked to write to a colleague to show mastery of a certain area of mathematics content. They were also asked to prepare a writing assignment for their own K-8 pupils. This session will share the type of instruction the students received in the MTH 208 class, the writing prompts for these two assignments, and some examples of student work. Professors attending this session will then help us examine ways to improve the task as we move to broader implementation in both MTH 208 and 209 and prepare to collect more data for an Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators presentation and publication.