TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades 9-12
MATH 811T: Functions for High School Teachers - June 1-12, 8 a.m. to noon (Class # 3349), Lincoln
A study of functions in the pre-calculus, high school mathematics curriculum from an advanced viewpoint. Functions will be investigated by examining their utility in more advanced courses and applications, enabling teachers to better understand the important aspects and appropriate emphasis of a concept. Content will include polynomial, circular (trig), and exponential functions, and their connections to calculus.
Instructor: Dr. Allan Donsig, UNL
Paired with TEAC 892: Integrating Mathematics Learning and Teaching – June 1-12, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Class #4517), Lincoln: This course will focus on the learning and teaching of functions and other key ideas in the ideas in the high school curriculum from algebra to introductory calculus. The goal is to explicitly apply the advanced mathematics learned to the improvement of classroom instruction. The course employs a variety of technologies in a modified Lesson Study design that repeatedly cycles through (1) the learning of a concept, (2) the development of an exemplary classroom lesson about the concept, and (3) the improvement of the lesson through reflection. May be taken concurrently with MATH 811T.