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Teaching Mathematical Thinking (3 credits)
The Teaching Mathematical Thinking (TMT) course fulfills the 3-credit MTI course requirement for Idaho teachers. This course provides an opportunity to study fundamental mathematical theory underlying the content area of numbers and operations and student reasoning of numbers and operations topics within a framework of a student-centered, problem-based classroom. Topics will include number systems, ways of representing numbers, meanings of operations and how they relate to one another and computation within the number system as a foundation for algebra. Pedagogical topics will focus on attending to student thinking and reasoning through the use of discourse and questioning, professional noticing and the effective use of manipulatives or other mathematical tools.
There is a mandatory $180 fee associated with the TMT course. It covers course materials and three Continuing Education credits.
Summer 2025: June 9-13
Grade Band: K-2
Course Format: In-Person
Live/Synchronous Sessions: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT, Monday-Friday
Instructor: Courtney Greene
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Summer 2025: June 9-13
Grade Band: 6-9
Course Format: In-Person
Live/Synchronous Sessions: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT, Monday-Friday
Instructor: Kathy Prummer
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Summer 2025: June 23-27
Grade Band: 3-5
Course Format: In-Person
Live/Synchronous Sessions: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT, Monday-Friday
Instructor: Courtney Greene
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Book Study
Teaching for Thinking: Fostering Mathematical Teaching Practices Through Reasoning Routines (1 credit)
Join us for an online book study on Wednesdays this Spring. We will be reading Kelemanick and Lucenta's Teaching for Thinking: Fostering Mathematical Teaching Practices Through Reasoning Routines. The authors pick up where their first book, Routines for Reasoning, left off. They examine how educators can make use of routines to make three fundamental shifts in teaching practice. 1] Focus on thinking: Shift attention away from students’ answers and toward their thinking and reasoning; 2] Step out of the middle: Shift the balance from teacher-student interactions toward student-student interactions; and 3] Support productive struggle: Help students do the hard thinking work that leads to real learning.
Spring 2025: January-March
Course Format: Online
Synchronous Sessions: Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. PST/PDT, on January 15, 29, February 12, 26 and March 12, 2025
Instructors: Courtney Greene and Kathy Prummer
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