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It's a Beautiful Thing! New Senior Math Courses Add Beauty and Excitement 2008 OSPI January Conference January 30-31, 2008. Project Website:. Project TIME Laura Moore-Mueller- Project Time Director, Math Instructor, Green River Community College

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  1. It's a Beautiful Thing! New Senior Math Courses Add Beauty and Excitement2008 OSPI January ConferenceJanuary 30-31, 2008 Project Website:

  2. Project TIME Laura Moore-Mueller-Project Time Director, Math Instructor, Green River Community College Robin Washam –Project Time Co-Director, Math Coach, OSPI, Puget Sound ESD Joyce Hammer – Project Time Co-Director, Math Instructor, Green River Community College Yakima Valley Project Kristen Maxwell-Regional Math Coordinator-ESD 105

  3. An Alternative Course Motivation: high school choice college- and work-ready Development Content Pilot test 2007-2008 Lessons learned

  4. CRMS • Moving Beyond Course • Requirements to Clarifying • What Students Should • Know and Be Able to Do • http://www.transitionmathproject.org/marketing.asp#standards

  5. Created by faculty from GRCC and partner school districts. Provides rigorous alternative to calculus track for high-school seniors. Senior Course Development

  6. Investigate deep and interesting topics in mathematics while preserving and improving algebra competency. Rekindle the fun, excitement and beauty of mathematics. Senior Course Development

  7. Pre-Development Issues • 1 semester or 2 semester course • Module based or stand alone course • H.S minimum math requirements • Competing AP math courses

  8. Pre-Development Issues • Available high school math teachers • Time to meet • What’s in a name? Discrete Math BAT Math Advanced Quantitative Reasoning College-Prep Math • Applications in Mathematical Reasoning

  9. Graph Theory Scheduling Linear Programming Voting Statistics and Probability Fair Division Game Theory Course Content Semester I

  10. Finance Geometry Modeling continuous functions: linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and logistic Course ContentSemester II

  11. Process (equal in importance to content!) Inquiry Problem solving Reasoning Communication

  12. Pedagogy (equal in importance to content!) Active engagement Authentic (real-world) activities Study skills for success

  13. Bob and Carol House Re-model Examples of Activities

  14. The Teachers • Professional development workshops • Feedback from the classroom “Every day is different… a fresh start for each unit of study.”

  15. Textbooks Curriculum resources / time Teacher preparation Teacher learning community Student preparation Communication with counselors and students Lessons Learned

  16. Assess students at beginning and end of year with WAMAP. http://www.wamap.org/ Administer student and teacher perception surveys Observe students’ progress post-senior year Course Assessment

  17. www.project-time.org Website

  18. Different school districts so courses based on student needs Students must have passed third year of math to take the course Option for Juniors or Seniors who don’t want Pre-Calculus or Statistics Main focus is on college Work in progress Yakima Valley Project

  19. Content – probability, statistics and mathematical modeling ILAPS Appropriate technology for success in college Community business or organization project Mainly for Seniors Wapato and Mabton

  20. Content – polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions Prepare for college placement exams Approval for course West Valley - Yakima

  21. Writing and piloting ILAPS Modular class with no textbook Different districts working toward a similar goal Other types of modules Other teachers as part of the process Time and resources Lessons Learned

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