DPI Conference April 7, 2015
Eric Kuennen
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Project Overview
• Partnership between UW Oshkosh, Medford,
Abbotsford, Colby, Prentice, Rib Lake, Holy Rosary,
and Immanuel Lutheran
• 36 mathematics teachers in grades 4-8, and
5 Mathematics Education professors at UW Oshkosh
• Two-week summer institute on mathematics and
academic year projects with a focus on math
teaching
• Teacher participants receive $1500 cash stipend
Project Goals:
•Build a deep understanding of the Common Core
Content and Practice Standards
•Implement rich and engaging math problems in the
classroom
•Understand how students learn math content to
diagnose and respond to students’ misconceptions
•Collaborate between grade levels and explore a
continuum of developing knowledge
Summer Workshop
• Sessions taught using a collaborative learning model.
Small-group work will be followed by large-group
discussion.
• Three types of sessions on each mathematics topic:
– Problem-Based Inquiry
– Focus on Children’s Thinking
– Connections to the Common Core.
Problem-Based Inquiry (PBI).
• Deepen understanding of specific content topics
through problem solving.
• Rich problems designed to spark and sustain
conversation about, and exploration of, a specific
piece of the school curriculum.
• Analyzing solutions and methods, exploring
representations, communicating, and making
mathematical arguments.
Focus on Children’s Thinking
• Appraise children’s methods and discuss whether
they are correct and generalizable
• Analyze video clips of children thinking aloud as they
solve
• Discuss how to respond to common student
questions and misconceptions
Connections to the Common Core
• Discuss the Practice Standards and identify when
participants were engaged in each practice during
PBI
• Analyze lessons and activities and discuss underlying
concepts and approach
• Collaborate in grade bands to present ideas for how
to teach specific content
Academic Year Follow-up
• Collaborate in vertical teams to develop and
implement lessons
• Collect and share data on student reasoning
and misconceptions
• Content-Focused Coaching: Math Faculty visit
teacher’s classroom and act as a coach for
math content and processes.
• January half-day workshop
Content Themes
• Year 1: Numbers and Algebraic Thinking
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Number and Operations – Fractions
Number Systems
Expressions and Equations
• Year 2: Geometry and Measurement
– Geometry, Measurement and Data
– Ratios and Proportional Relationships.
• Year 3: Probability and Statistics
– Probability and Statistics
– Measurement and Data
– Ratios and Proportional Relationships.