SED 535 Contemporary Mathematics Teaching Assignment Due: October 21, 2008

Read:

· Greenwood, J.J. (1993). On the nature of teaching and assessing “mathematical power” and “mathematical thinking.” Arithmetic Teacher, 41(3), 18-26. OK to skim or skip the section “Assessing Students' Progress.” (Available online through the CSUN Oviatt Library Website. Find the Arithmetic Teacher journal by title in the catalogue under “Find Books,” then select the online option and find this issue.)

· Lampert, M. (1990). When the problem is not the question and the solution is not the answer: Mathematical knowing and teaching. American Educational Research Journal, 27(1), 29-63. (Reader)

Do/Write:

Lampert uses several terms with which you may not be familiar in the context of a math classroom. Three such terms that are key to her article are:

1) discourse (and community of discourse) (Meredith, Jonathan, Ceci, Jaspreet, Jeea)

2) participation structure (Nick, Susan, Armine, Yutaka, Joseph)

3) negotiation (Polly, Tiffany, Selena, Roxanne, Sheree)

For the term assigned to you (see above):

· pay special attention to its appearances as you read the article

· prepare a user-friendly explanation of what this term means in the context of a math classroom

· identify a few examples from Lampert’s article that clarify your term’s meaning

You will use these notes to help you explain your term in a “Jigsaw” activity next week, but they will not be collected.

Also due next week: The Two-Day Lesson Plan Reflections