Equipping and Empowering 8th Grade Mathematics Teachers to Create Dynamic Learning Activities Promoting Conceptual Understanding

Session Submission Type: Individual Session

Description for Program

Participants reflect on effective professional development (PD) for math teachers, learn of an innovative PD program that resulted in increased teacher capacity and improved student achievement, and evaluate and leave with interactive tasks to help students make sense of mathematics.

Sub Unit

• Mathematics Pedagogy and Instructional Practice

Lead Presenter

• Callie Moreno, University of California, Los Angeles

Co-Presenter

• Ivan Cheng, California State University, Northridge