DEVELOPING TEACHING EXPERTISE @ MATHEMATICS
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
DTE@Mathematics is a materials development project at the University of Michigan School of Education. Three professional development modules for in-service elementary mathematics teachers are available.
MODULES
DTE@Mathematics modules focus on the following content areas:
Geometric Measurement
Geometric Measurement and Spatial Reasoning in Elementary Mathematics Teaching
DESIGN
DTE@Mathematics materials are designed to integrate four core elements of mathematics teaching to help elementary classroom teachers develop knowledge and skills that are useful and usable in the classroom.
Content
Mathematics:
Mathematics geared to the demands of teaching
Student thinking:
Students’ ideas
and ways of thinking about mathematics
Teaching practice:
Instructional skills and strategies for meeting the needs of diverse classrooms and contexts
Learning from practice:
Approaches to systematically learning from and improving teaching
Features
- Ten 90-minute sessions
- Integrated content tied to the work of teaching
- Records of elementary classroom practice
- Opportunities for teachers to collaborate and study records from their own teaching
- Practice-based assessments
- Online technologies
Uses
- Professional development for practicing elementary teachers
- Teachers working with a facilitator in real time, either in-person or remotely
OUR TEAM
Authors and Partners
TIM BOERST
Project Lead
Professor of Clinical Practice at the University of Michigan School of Education. His work supports the development and assessment of beginning teachers who are pedagogically skilled, subject-matter serious, and professionally committed to the learning of every student.
KARA SUZUKA
Project Lead
An independent contractor.
Her work focuses on developing resources to support the study and improvement of teaching, including how records of practice and technology can be used in systematic inquiry and professional learning.
DEBORAH LOEWENBERG BALL
Project Lead
A William H. Payne Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and former Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan. Ball’s work draws on her many years of experience as an elementary classroom teacher and teacher educator.
HYMAN BASS
Project Lead
The Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Michigan. His mathematical research publications cover broad areas of algebra, with connections to geometry, topology and number theory.
AILEEN KENNISON
Project Manager
Aileen is the DTE project manager. Aileen is a former school administrator and teacher, and she specializes in the logistics of data collection.
SUSANNA FARMER
Project Team
Susanna Farmer was a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. She studied shared instructional resources and new possibilities for curriculum material design.
YAA COLE
Project Team
Yaa Cole earned her Ph.D. in mathematics education at the University of Michigan. She taught and carried out research at the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Ghana.
DOUGLAS H. CLEMENTS
University of Denver Content Partner
Douglas is the Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning and Professor at the University of Denver, Colorado. Doug has published over 125 refereed research studies, 18 books, 80 chapters, and 300 additional publications.
JULIE SARAMA
University of Denver Content Partner
Julie is the Distinguished University Professor and Kennedy Endowed Chair in Innovative Learning Technologies at the University of Denver, Colorado’s Marsico Institute for Early Learning.
DOUGLAS VAN DINE
University of Denver Content Partner
Dr. Van Dine is currently teaching at Mathematics Department in Metropolitan State University of Denver. Douglas W. Van Dine worked for 18 years in public education, 15 as a middle and high school mathematics teacher and 3 as a building administrator.
AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH (AIR)
Evaluation Partners
Kirk Walters
Toni Smith
CURRICULUM RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT GROUP (CRDG)
Production & Dissemination Partners
Marketing and Production Services (MaPS)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1118745. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.