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| NMSSI Courses for Mathematics Teachers | |
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EDPS 991 - Cognition and MotivationPaired With: MATH 810T (Lincoln) Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Lincoln Dates: June 4-8, 11-15, 1pm - 5pmThis course is designed to provide mathematics and science teachers with a framework for thinking about how human cognition, motivation and self-regulation influence students and instructional practices. More specifically, this course emphasizes core concepts in educational psychology. | |
MATH 800T - Math as a Second Language Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Locations: Hastings, Scottsbluff, Ainsworth Dates: multipleThis course will help you align your teaching with the new Nebraska standards and the new Common Core standards in mathematics by focusing on the development of "habits of mind of a mathematical thinker". The approach is to understand arithmetic (number) and (introductory) algebra as a means of communicating mathematical ideas, and will stress a deep understanding of the basic operations of arithmetic, as well as the interconnected nature of arithmetic, algebra and geometry relating to the grades 3-7 curriculum. | |
MATH 802T - Functions, Algebra & Geometry Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Locations: Holdrege, North Platte, Lincoln Dates: multipleThis course is designed to help teachers gain a deep understanding of the concept of function and the algebra and geometry concepts taught in the middle-level (through early high school) curriculum. Studying this content at a deeper level will help teachers better prepare their students for the NeSA-M. Participants also will study measurement with an emphasis on length, area and volume. Functions, Algebra and Geometry is the second course in the Math in the Middle curriculum and has been successfully taught to both elementary and high school teachers. | |
MATH 804T - Experimentation, Conjecture & Reasoning Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Locations: Lincoln, Columbus Dates: multipleThis course focuses on problem solving, reasoning and proof and communicating mathematics. The overall goal for this course is to bring participants to the next level in the development of their mathematical habits of mind: A person who is an effective mathematical thinker has a toolbox of skills and knowledge to experiment, conjecture, reason, and ultimately solve problems. | |
MATH 805T - Discrete Mathematics for Teachers Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Kearney Dates: June 25-29, 8am - 4:30pmDesigned to deepen knowledge of discrete mathematics as it relates to topics covered in middle through high school curricula. Course topics (such as graph theory and counting techniques) are introduced through "hands-on" explorations through which various problem-solving strategies are emphasized. | |
MATH 806T - Number Theory & Cryptology for Secondary Teachers Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Locations: Lincoln, Scottsbluff Dates: multipleThis course focuses on basic number theory results which are needed to understand the number theoretic RSA cryptography algorithm (an encryption algorithm which is in use today to secure information sent via the internet). The course emphasizes connections to middle level mathematics and promotes a deep understanding of the integers and their properties. Elementary methods for encoding and decoding are introduced to elucidate the nature of cryptology. These methods are readily adaptable as enrichment activities in the classroom. | |
MATH 808T - Concepts of Calculus for Middle Level Teachers Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Omaha Dates: June 18-22, 8am - 5pmDevelops a fundamental understanding of the key mathematical ideas of calculus in order to broaden teachers' mathematical perspective and gain insight into concepts contained in the middle-level curriculum which are related and foundational to the development of calculus. Topics include limits, differentiation, integration, applications and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. | |
TEAC 800 - Inquiry into Teaching and Learning Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Lincoln Dates: June 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 1:30pm - 4pmThis course will introduce you to the assumptions about what counts as knowledge underlying particular approaches to scholarly inquiry and will help you identify the factors, forces and audiences that shape any and all forms of educational research. | |
TEAC 890 - Responsive Instruction in the Mathematics ClassroomPaired With: MATH 896 (Lincoln) Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Lincoln Dates: July 16-20, 8am - 5pmThe new Nebraska state and Common Core standards for mathematics are based largely on learning progressions. Thus, the aim of this course is to familiarize elementary teachers with mathematical learning progressions by utilizing a set of frameworks developed to provide teachers with a way to analyze student thinking and respond with instruction that guides students through the "next steps" needed to advance and deepen understanding. | |
TEAC 892 - Teacher Learning about Reasoning & Sense Making in Secondary MathematicsPaired With: MATH 896 (Lincoln) Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Lincoln Dates: July 9-13, 16-20, 1pm - 5pmThis course will focus on three main issues: exploring the nature of reasoning-and-proving in secondary mathematics; establishing criteria for judging the validity of mathematical arguments; and, developing strategies for modifying current textbook tasks to provide more reasoning opportunities for students. Course materials include math tasks, cases drawn from real secondary mathematics classrooms, related student work, and prompts for mathematical and pedagogical discussions and reflections. This is an excellent course to help secondary teachers make immediate improvements to their mathematics classrooms in order to better prepare students for the NeSA-M. | |
TEAC 923 - Seminar in the Curriculum & Teaching of Secondary School Mathematics Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Lincoln Dates: in person: June 1, July 2-3, 8am - 5pm, online: TBATEAC 923 is an advanced course in mathematics education research. To enroll in this course, you should hold a master's degree in mathematics/education and/or have taken TEAC 800 and 801 or equivalent. This course is designed to give K-12 math teachers an opportunity to read and analyze research in the areas of mathematics teaching, preservice teacher education, and professional development. We will examine various ways of studying these topics and analyze what has been learned from their study. The main goal of this course is for teachers to become knowledgeable about the theoretical and empirical research literature on mathematics teaching and teacher education. The course is also designed to help teachers cultivate practices that are important for scholarly work such as critical analysis, argumentation, and writing. | |
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GEOS 898 - Methods in Geoscience Field Instruction Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Fieldwork Dates: June 8 (on campus), June 9 (depart at 8am), June 23 (return by 5pm)A 15-day, inquiry-based geology field course in which participants will enhance their inquiry skills and experience learning (and camping) in the great outdoors across Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. The primary aim of this course is to improve educators' ability to teach inquiry, gain knowledge and understanding of geoscience, and to demonstrate effective teaching methods for 6-12 learning environments. Participants will discover, observe and study a variety of natural phenomena, focusing on Earth processes and geological history. Enrollment is limited to 12. | |
GEOS 898 - Geology of North America Audience: K123456789101112Credit Hours: 3 Location: Lincoln Dates: July 9-13, 16-20, 1pm - 5pmThis course will discuss how the geology of the North American continent contains classic examples of nearly every geologic process that has acted to form the crust of the Earth (e.g the San Andreas Fault, Yellowstone National Park, Nebraska Sandhills) and will explore the processes of plate tectonics and the way that the surface of the Earth (and life thereon) has evolved throughout geologic time. | |
