Looking for ways to collaborate with your colleagues from all over the country, while still staying in the comfort of your classroom or home? NCTM has you covered! March provides a number of opportunities for you to join your peers in the mathematics education community to learn together.
NCTM's wealth of wonderful webinars will discuss equity and social justice, taking action based on results of large-scale national and international assessments, and reasoning and sense making in the math classroom. Join us for these free learning opportunities and be sure to share your insights before, during, and after the events on social media with the hashtag #NCTMLive.
Collective Action to Develop Awareness: Equity & Social Justice in Math Education
March 7 | 7:00 p.m. ET
What is one thing the math education organizations can do to further support your work in making mathematics education a more just, humane, and positive experience for children?Join the mathematics education community for the second webinar in this series. Speakers and discussants will include leaders from the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, the Benjamin Banneker Association, and the North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics.
A Perfect Storm of Data: We Must Take Action!
March 15 | 7:00 p.m. ET
What can we learn from large-scale national and international assessments? NCTM President
Matt Larson will discuss in more detail his January President's Message. Join us as he provides a combined analysis of the results from the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and recommends actions that we can take together.
Reasoning and Sense Making in the Mathematics Classroom
March 22 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Developing students' capabilities with reasoning and sense making processes should be the primary goal of mathematics instruction. In order to achieve this goal, all math classes should provide ongoing opportunities for students to productively use these processes. In this webinar, Michael Battitsta will illustrate the nature of mathematical reasoning and sense making in prekindergarten–grade 8 by showing examples from a three-book series on Reasoning and Sense Making in the Mathematics Classroom. With student and classroom vignettes as well as instructional tasks, learn how instruction can support students in their development of reasoning and sense making.
Register for these free webinars here:
http://www.nctm.org/Conferences-and-Professional-Development/Webinars-and-Webcasts/