Engaging Prospective Teachers in Defining Mutuality

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Friday, January 21st, 2022
11:00AM  PT
12:00PM MT
1:00PM CT
2:00PM ET
PRESENTED BY: Steve Boyce, Julia St. Goar, Laura Pyzdrowski, Ruthmae Sears


Members of the Transformations Working Group will discuss their lesson study that has now been taught three times in various settings. The purpose of the lesson was to foster normative precision in describing and defining geometric transformations, including symmetries, and to foster dispositions to attend to prospective students’ mathematical identities. We call it the “Adinkra” lesson since we have students mathematically analyze Adinkra symbols originating from Ghana. We will describe the lesson and what we learned from our observations.


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):
Steve Boyce
I’m a former high school Geometry teacher and current college mathematics professor.  My research interests are in mathematics education.
Julia St. Goar
Presenter bio not available.
Laura Pyzdrowski
I am a professor in the School of Mathematical and Data Sciences at West Virginia University where I am the Pre-Collegiate Mathematics Coordinator. I am the director of the Mathematics Dual Enrollment Program and regularly teach courses for students in our mathematics education program.
Ruthmae Sears
Ruthmae Sears, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of South Florida for secondary mathematics education, and the Associate Director of Coalition for Science Literacy. She has a Joint appointment in The Department of Teaching and Learning within the College of Education, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on curriculum issues, change initiatives in K-20 STEM settings, the development of reasoning and proof skills, clinical experiences in secondary mathematics, and the integration of technology in mathematics.

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