SMT598 Section 5: Geometer’s Sketchpad for Standards-Based Middle School Mathematics

In this course we will examine and develop Geometer’s Sketchpad activities that directly address topics in the Connected Mathematics Project curriculum.

We will also investigate available research results that support student learning through technologies such as Geometer’s Sketchpad and through standards based-curricula such as the Connected Mathematics Project.

The teacher-participants in the course will work in pairs on a curriculum piece which they implement and assess in their classroom during fall 2006. The teacher-participants will subsequently report out to the rest of the class about their curriculum project (either face to face or using distance-education technology) and will create web materials which would enable other teachers to learn about their project and contact them if interested in implementing the curriculum.

Target audience: Middle school in-service and pre-service mathematics and science teachers

Taught by: Robert Franzosa, Professor of Mathematics

Initial meetings: Wednesday and Thursday afternoons