| Date | Activities |
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| Jan. 24 | Introductions
Focus question: "What is the 'problem' in school mathematics in the U.S.?" |
| Jan. 31 | Library Research Seminar in Education Library with Nancy O'Brien
Focus question: "What is TIMSS?" |
| Feb. 7 | Catch-up day
Focus question: "What's happening in mathematics classrooms?" |
| Feb. 14 | Discussion, examining TIMSS vignettes
Focus question: "What's happening in mathematics classrooms?" |
| Feb. 21 | Discussion, examining TIMSS vignettes
Focus question: "What are reforms trying to do? Are current reforms really new?" |
| Feb. 28 | Discussion, examining TIMSS vignettes, informal presentations
Focus question: "What is effective teaching and how do we know?" |
| Mar. 7 | Discussion, examining TIMSS vignettes, informal presentations
Focus question: "What is problem-solving based teaching? What's the rationale for this approach? Is there evidence that this approach is effective or at least promising?" |
| Mar. 14 | Discussion, informal presentations
Focus question: "What approaches have been taken to improve mathematics teaching? Do they work?" |
| Mar. 28 | Discussion, informal presentations
Focus question: "What's entailed in improving mathematics teaching?" |
| Apr. 4 | Discussion, informal presentations
Focus question: "What do we know about mathematics teaching in other countries?" |
| Apr. 11 | Discussion, informal presentations
Focus question: "How do we do classrooms that promote understanding?" |
| Apr. 18 | Discussion, informal presentations
Focus question: "What's missing from the TIMSS?" |
| Apr. 25 | Discussion, informal presentations
Focus question: "Where do we go from here?" |
| May 2 | Discussion, informal presentations |
