Join our Lab-Aids mathematics premier at the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference this September in Chicago, Illinois as we ready to launch Connected Mathematics® 4!
Make sure to mark your calendars to attend our workshops, earn prizes, fuel up, and learn more about Connected Mathematics® 4. Stop by booth 627!
Meet the Connected Mathematics authors! Stop by our booth on Friday from 9:30-10:15am!
WORKSHOPS
Presented by Lab-Aids
Friday, September 27th
8:00am | Room N139
Jumping Jacks and Bike Tours: Patterns of Change Over Time with the new Connected Mathematics® 4
Come see the new Connected Mathematics® 4 from Lab-Aids! Experience the innovative STEM problem format and learn a unique approach to engage students in understanding patterns of change over time from the Grade 6 Variables and Patterns: Introducing Algebraic Reasoning unit. Participants receive samples from the new Classroom Materials Kits.
1:00pm | Room N139
Solving Mysteries and Enlarging Shapes: Proportional Reasoning with the new Connected Mathematics® 4
Come see the new Connected Mathematics® 4 from Lab-Aids! Experience the innovative STEM problem format and learn a unique approach to engage students in understanding scale drawings from the Grade 7 Stretching and Shrinking: Proportional Reasoning in the Context of Similarity unit. Participants receive samples from the new Classroom Materials Kits.
2:30pm | Room N139
Linear or Nonlinear? Linear Functions and Bridge-Building with the new Connected Mathematics® 4
Come see the new Connected Mathematics® 4 from Lab-Aids! Experience the innovative STEM problem format and learn a unique approach to engage students in understanding linear functions from the Grade 8 Thinking with Mathematical Models: Linear Functions and Bivariate Data unit. Participants receive samples from the new Classroom Materials Kits.
4:00pm | Room N139
Fundraising and Pizza Claims: Ratios and Equivalent Ratios with the new Connected Mathematics® 4
Come see the new Connected Mathematics® 4 from Lab-Aids! Experience the innovative STEM problem format and learn a unique approach to engage students in understanding ratios and equivalent ratios from the Grade 6 Comparing Quantities: Ratios, Rates, and Equivalence unit. Participants receive samples from the new Classroom Materials Kits.
Presentations from our partners at the Connected Mathematics Project
Thursday, September 26
Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Education: Using Machine Learning to Support Learning
Time: 1:00-2:00p | Room N229
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how teachers and students interact with digital resources (e.g., intelligent tutoring systems, automated theorem provers, digital lesson planning). This session focuses on how the Connected Mathematics Project is using artificial intelligence to support teachers and students with a digital collaborative platform. We report on machine learning algorithms to empower teachers to center and deepen engagement with students’ proportional reasoning strategies.
Friday, September 27
What is Important to Assess and How Do We Assess It? The Case of Algebra
Time: 4:00-5:00p | Room N135
Rethinking assessment by focusing on student work from classes using Connected Mathematics, a contextual problem-based curriculum, provides an opportunity to consider alternate ways to acknowledge and document students’ mathematical understandings, including digital resources. This talk presents examples of student work that illustrate deep understanding of algebra, the skills, flexibility, and perseverance needed to tackle complex problems and ways to assess and make them visible.
Saturday, September 28
Celebrating Students’ Mathematical Thinking: Experiencing STEM Problems on Proportional Reasoning
Time: 11:00a-12:00p | Room N462b
How do we promote students as knowers, doers, and creators of mathematics? We will unpack, experience, and discuss the Connected Mathematics Project’s new STEM Problem format in the context of proportionality. Drawing on research, student work, and feedback from over 500 field test teachers, we will highlight how teachers can both deepen and broaden students’ proportional understanding while celebrating the rich, divergent thinking that emerges in CMP classrooms.