Journal+Club+2013+Fall

Fall Semester 2013 (draft) Meeting time: Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 We are hoping to set up distance sharing sites in local schools so that teachers and fellows can participate at an earlier time without having to travel. //(Last year's meeting time: Tuesdays 4:30-6:00 p.m.)//

Contact for meeting information or questions, Fall & Spring 2013-2014: Joyce Smart: joyce.smart@loganschools.org Eric Rowley: eric.rowley@usu.edu __August 29:__ Initial Journal Club Meeting and MfA Cohort Meeting Sign up for presentations for Journal Club (you can email Joyce, see above)

__September 5__: Journal Club - Joyce Smart the research of Kay Stacy and Mollie MacGregor on the understanding of symbolism that students bring to Algebra

__September 12__: Journal Club Mary Pilgrim's presentation at the U of U

__September 19__: Journal Club and MfA Cohort Meeting

__September 26__: Journal Club - Debbie Alcox conic sections

__October 3__: Journal Club - Curtis Frazier Writing in Mathematics Teaching

Gopen, G. D., & Smith, D. A. (1990). What's an Assignment Like You Doing in a Course Like This?: Writing to Learn Mathematics. The College Mathematics Journal, 21(1), 2–19. doi:10.2307/2686716

Price, J. J. (2011). Learning Mathematics Through Writing: Some Guidelines. College Mathematics Journal, 20(5), 393–401. __October 10__: Journal Club and MfA Cohort Meeting

[Fall Break]

__October 24__: Journal Club - Troy Jones

[October 25-26 Fall Workshop: Math for America-Utah]

__October 31__: Journal Club - Kim Ammons

[November 1-2: UCTM Fall Conference]

__November 7__: Journal Club - Marissa Utterberg The research article is: Carpenter, S. K., Pashler, H., Wixted, J. T., & Vul, E. (2008). The effects of tests on learning and forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 36(2), 438–448. Blog discussion

__November 14__: Journal Club and MfA Cohort Meeting - Brynja Kohler

__November 21__: Journal Club - Brandee Merkley

[ Thanksgiving Holiday]

__December 5__: Journal Club

[Finals week]