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Elementary Mathematics Teaching Lab These resources offer opportunities for PCMI participants to interact with outstanding professionals who study the teaching and learning of mathematics Elementary Mathematics Lab: In the 2006 Summer Session, mathematics educator Deborah Ball will teach a two-week sequence of mathematics classes on the theory of number to elementary school children in a "Mathematics Teaching Lab." This activity will function as a centerpiece for generating structured ‘cross-program’ conversation around the theme of knowledge of mathematics for teaching. The primary participants in these discussions (including 1-2 selected participants from each of the six component programs of PCMI) will attend a daily ‘preview’ session, observe the lab classes, then a final daily session to analyze and question practice, explore the mathematics that emerges and how that mathematics informs teaching decisions. |