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Fall Semester 2012

August 27 Introductions and Organization Brynja Kohler "Statement on Competencies in Mathematics Expected of Entering College Students" by California's ICAS. []

September 3 Labor Day - No meeting

September 10 Continue Discussion from August 27 Meeting Brynja Kohler Please finish the reading on your own before our meeting. Some specific discussion questions we will address are: 1, How does the ICAS document compare with the Utah Core Standards? 2, What should be modified if this document were not specific to college readiness, but about high school graduation? 3, Should more or less mathematics be taught in schools? 4, Are the examples in the subject matter section good problems? What for? 5, How would different stakeholders use this document? 6, Is this statement about college readiness reflected in college instruction of mathematics?

September 17 Math for America Cohort Meeting Chelsea Parrish (Logan High School) presenting

September 24 Michael Buhler (USU) presenting __//Spock, Euler and Madison: Graph Theory as a Vehicle to Teach Mathematical Thinking://__ What do Spock, Euler and Madison have in common? Graph Theory of course! We will explore how to use graph theory to get students to think about math in new ways. Students will be perplexed be the impossibility of a five-colorable map, learn to prove theorems with water pipes, interpret data by predicting the outcome of the Super Bowl using Tournaments and so much more using the conceptually simple and yet pedagogically rich mathematics of connections called Graph Theory.

October 1 Presenter: Brynja Kohler Probability for 7th Graders

October 8 Presenter: Ashley Salisbury Topic: TBA

[MfA Fall Conference Oct 12-13]

October 15 Presenter: Derrick Harkness Topic: "Preparing and Supporting Mentor Teachers of Field Experiences for Secondary Mathematics Teacher Candidates.”, , ,

October 22 Lesson Study Brynja Kohler

[UCTM Oct 26-27]

October 29 Presenter: Justin Heavilin: Logarithmic and Exponential Functions. I have typed up some notes and my thoughts that I hope will help guide a discussion on how to better introduce and develop the ideas of logarithms, exponents, inverse functions and transcendental numbers.

November 5 Presenter: Eric Thorson

November 12 Math for America Cohort Meeting Debrief UCTM & Fall Workshop Stacey Seeger (Granite Peaks High School) presenting

November 19 Ashley Salisbury Implementing Portfolios as a form of assessment

November 26 Shawn Fowers

December 3 Curtis Frazier

December 10 Math for America Cohort Meeting Eric Rowley leads problem solving. The following resources have to do with teaching portfolio development:, , , Peer Evaluation