Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
World-Class Education Services for Local Needs
Improving Adolescent Mathematics Learning: Instructional Strategies for Teachers of Grades 6-12
This service provides customized training and ongoing support to middle and high school mathematics teachers. Secondary teachers examine and apply research on adolescent mathematics in sessions tailored to meet the needs of individual schools and districts. The training explores research-based answers to questions such as: What does mathematical literacy for secondary students look like today? What building and district support does research suggest for struggling learners of mathematics? What research-based instructional practices will promote the development of mathematical thinking and skills? What assessment practices are effective in identifying the mathematical needs of secondary students? What are effective teacher professional development practices associated with improving mathematical thinking, problem solving, and reasoning? The content of the professional development is based on NWREL's best-selling research synthesis, Improving Adolescent Mathematics: Findings From Research (2005).
This service can be customized for:
Teachers, instructional coaches, and principals who want to increase their understanding of effective mathematics instruction for middle or high school students.
What Participants Will Learn
- Effective mathematics instructional practices identified by current research
- How to work collaboratively with other mathematics teachers to improve teaching and learning for middle and high school students
Accompanying Products
Improving Adolescent Mathematics: Findings From Research
Format
This professional development experience may consist of a combination of the following components, depending on your school or district's needs:
- A series of workshops examining research-based best practices for mathematics
- Ongoing coaching support focused on the implementation of workshop strategies
- Video Study Group meetings, facilitated onsite by a NWREL staff member, in which teachers examine and discuss videotapes of their own classroom instruction
- Asynchronous online discussions and assignments (participants will be given access to a course Web site providing assignments, discussion forums on topics related to the readings, and Web-based resources).
Contact
- Linda Griffin
- 800-547-6339, ext. 169
- griffinl@nwrel.org
As a nonprofit organization, NWREL works to make our services affordable to all schools. Price will be based on the number of participants, travel to your location, and the level of customization your organization requires.