BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 RDATE:20130310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 RDATE:20131103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130131T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130131T200000 LOCATION:Lewis &\; Clark Graduate Campus GEO:45.445351;-122.670376 SUMMARY:Problem Solving and the Common Core DESCRIPTION:Problem solving plays a critical role in any school or distri ct effort to implement the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.&# 160\; As stated\, the first goal for all students\, regardless of grade l evel or content focus is to: "Make sense of problems and persevere in sol ving them." \; How do we cultivate this kind of mathematical tenacity in our students?This workshop begins by briefly reviewing the evolution of problem solving in the US mathematics curriculum over the past 30 year s and the ground breaking work of 20th century mathematician\, George Pol ya\, often referred to as the grandfather of problem solving. \; We w ill then launch into an evening of cooperative problem solving\, explorin g a variety of contexts and strategies. \; Participants will leave wi th a set of rich problems to try with their students and are encouraged t o bring a favorite problem with them to share with the group. Workshop D etails This workshop is part of our \;2012-2013 Workshop Series (htt ps://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/continuing_education/workshop_series/). \;Fee: \;$30. \; Complimentary coffee and tea will be serve d. \;Register now (https://mylc.lclark.edu/graduate/cce/cce.ws.probl em-solving.01.31.13)Instructor: Kasi Allen\, PhD About the InstructorK asi Allen (https://graduate.lclark.edu/faculty/members/kasi_allen/) has s pent more than 25 years in mathematics education as a classroom teacher\, researcher\, and professor. \; Much of her work focuses on issues of equity in K-12 mathematics\, such as strategies for supporting all stude nts in algebra. \; Problem solving is a key element of every class Ka si teaches. \; As Polya once said\, "Mathematics IS problem solving." \; She currently directs the ML/HS MAT program at Lewis &\; Cl ark and serves as the Mathematics Content Coordinator.New workshops and t rainings are added to our calendar regularly. For the latest on professio nal development related to your specific interests\, sign up for our mail ing list! (https://lclark.tfaforms.net/4735441) \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Problem solving plays a crit ical role in any school or district effort to implement the Common Core S tate Standards for Mathematics. \; As stated\, the first goal for all students\, regardless of grade level or content focus is to: "Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them." \; How do we cultivate t his kind of mathematical tenacity in our students?
This workshop begins by briefly reviewing the evolution of problem solving in the US mathematics curriculum over t he past 30 years and the ground breaking work of 20th century mathematici an\, George Polya\, often referred to as the grandfather of problem solvi ng. \; We will then launch into an evening of cooperative problem sol ving\, exploring a variety of contexts and strategies. \; Participant s will leave with a set of rich problems to try with their students and a re encouraged to bring a favorite problem with them to share with the gro up.
This workshop is part of ou r \;2012-2013 Workshop Series. \;
F
ee: \;$30. \;
Complimentary coffee and tea will b
e served. \;
I nstructor: Kasi Allen\, PhD
Kasi Allen has spent more than 25 y ears in mathematics education as a classroom teacher\, researcher\, and p rofessor. \; Much of her work focuses on issues of equity in K-12 mat hematics\, such as strategies for supporting all students in algebra. 0\; Problem solving is a key element of every class Kasi teaches. \; As Polya once said\, "Mathematics IS problem solving." \; She current ly directs the ML/HS MAT program at Lewis &\; Clark and serves as t he Mathematics Content Coordinator.
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