Date: March 17, 2008 1 - 4pm

Location: LAPDA Meeting Space, Montpelier

Cost: $100 for members $125 for non-members

Registration: http://www.lapdavt.org

Workshop Description:

This workshop will focus on which elements should be present in a math classroom to determine whether:

• students are developing mathematical thinking skills, and the teacher is not merely attempting to transmit mathematical knowledge to them;
  
• the processes that are involved in mathematical thought are present in the classroom activity;
  
• there are explicit practices present in the classroom that indicate children are integrating language, concepts and procedures of math;
  
• the needs of different learning personalities of children are being met in the classroom;
  
• and the mathematical models (concrete and abstract) being used are exact, efficient and elegant in transmitting, discovering and integrating mathematical processes and procedures.

About the Presenter

Professor Mahesh Sharma is the former President and Professor of Mathematics Education at Cambridge College and is the founder and President of the Center for Teaching/Learning of Mathematics, Inc., of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Internationally known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics education, he is an author, teacher and teacher-trainer, researcher, consultant to public and private schools, as well as a public lecturer. He is the Chief Editor of Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, an international, interdisciplinary, research mathematics journal with readership in more than 70 countries, and the Editor of The Math Notebook, a practical source of information for parents and teachers devoted to improving teaching and learning for all children. He is the also the President of Berkshire Mathematics in Reading, England and the Co-host of The Learning Center, a Cable Network television program that brings information about learning, teaching, and education to the general public.