A Simulation to Support Noticing of Students’ Mathematical Work in Problem-Based Mathematics Teaching

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Friday, March 28th, 2025
11:00AM  PT
12:00PM MT
1:00PM CT
2:00PM ET
PRESENTED BY: Pat Herbst, Amanda Brown


In this seminar, researchers from the GRIP LAB at the University of Michigan will present ongoing work on “Anticipating Student Work,” a virtual teaching simulation designed to support mathematics teachers in selecting student work for classroom discussions in problem-based instruction. The simulation’s context is a geometry lesson, in which a problem about a circle is used to teach a theorem about tangents to a circle through an exterior point. In teaching through problems, teachers need to be able to notice features of student work that may support the class’s work toward the goal of the lesson. The simulation includes activities in which participants sort, select, and sequence student work that provide teachers with opportunities to learn what kinds of ideas students bring to the problem and consider how those ideas might support the classroom discussion. We will discuss the design of the simulation and share how we have been tracking participants’ learning as they complete this simulation.


Registration:
Registration is closed
Duration:
60 minutes
Format:
Online seminar via Zoom web meeting software with questions and discussion. Detailed instructions for joining the seminar will be emailed to registered participants.

Presenter(s):
Pat Herbst
I am a professor of education and mathematics. I direct the GRIP Lab (gripumich.org) which has been convening the Get: A Pencil community.
Amanda Brown
Amanda is an Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan and one of the Co-PI of the GeT Support project that helped to establish the GeT: A Pencil Community.

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