Rethinking Teaching and Learning: Who's Doing the Thinking?

• Date: Saturday, April 10, 2027

• Time: 8 am - 4:30 pm

• Location: Kellogg Community College North Avenue Campus (450 North Ave, Battle  Creek, MI, 49017)

• Facilitators: Dr. April Ström and Dr. Scott Adamson

• SCECH Credits Available: Participants will have the opportunity to earn State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs). Additional information about eligibility and credit requirements will be provided to registered attendees.

Overview

The workshop will focus on teaching and learning approaches that are underscored by the following guiding principles**:

1. Students’ deep engagement in mathematical thinking;

2. Instructors’ interest in and use of student thinking;

3. Student-to-student interaction; and

4. Instructors’ attention to equitable and inclusive practices.

As such, the workshop will involve:

• Experiencing evidence-based teaching practices from a student perspective;

• Briefly reflecting on lesson design and implementation with a focus on rich mathematical tasks;

• Facilitating these tasks using meaningful mathematics discourse, paying particular attention to communication (teacher-to-student and student-to-student) as well as how to critique the reasoning of students; and

• Exploring meaningful ways to support all students with diverse backgrounds and mathematical preparation through equitable and inclusive teaching practices.

Overall, the training is informed by the works of:

• The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Smith and Stein, 

• OPAL: Observation Protocol for Active Learning by April Ström and Scott Adamson, and

• Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl
  
  

**Reference

Laursen, S. L., Rasmussen, C. (2019). I on the prize: Inquiry approaches in undergraduate mathematics. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 5(1), 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40753-019-00085-6