Academies & Institutes
For more information on our institutes and academies, click on the link below.Improving Mathematics Instruction in the Elementary Grades:
Developing Student Thinking and Teacher Understandings (Grades 3-6)
Presenter: Beatrice Moore Luchin
Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration time: 8:30 am
Registration fee: One Day session: $170 ($145 for Texas ASCD members)
This amount includes a $20 materials fee for the accompanying book "Numbers"
Dates and Locations:
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Cedar Hill ISD (Dallas / Fort Worth area)
Cedar Hill High School - Ninth Grade Center - Lower Gathering Room
1515 West Beltline Road - Cedar Hill, TX 75104
To register by purchase order or a check, download a registration form (PDF) or call 1-800-717-2723 for assistance.
Contact our office
to bring this session to your area - 512-477-8200
Summary:
This
session provides teachers with specific strategies that:
- Promote the development of their understanding and implementation of the TEKS
- Develop students' critical thinking skills and ability to solve application problems
- Align instruction and assessment
- Allow for differentation of instruction through effective planning and questioning practices
Participants will be engaged in
hands-on and minds-on activities designed to provide insight and
opportunities to practice the strategies shared in the training and
deepen their mathematics content understanding.
Beatrice Moore Luchin is an outstanding teacher who genuinely cares about children and is passionate about the teaching of mathematics. She has devoted her career to working with struggling students, especially in the area of mathematics. She is a past member of the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is the co-author of Algebra I, Algebra II, Mathematics Applications and Connections Courses 1, 2, and 3, and Helping Your Struggling Student Be More Successful in Mathematics (Grades 5-8).
"This workshop will provide you with practical strategies, ideas and tools you can use immediately to help all your struggling students achieve at high levels in mathematics. Our focus will be on providing the appropriate mathematics content and strategies, activities and methods that accelerate the learning of struggling students. I have used these methods with my students, and they really work!" Beatrice Moore Luchin
Who Should Attend: Grade 3-6 Elementary
teachers and administrators working with
students who struggle to pass Math and Math TAKS.
