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***This course fulfills the Washington State OSPI Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Clock hour Continuing Education Requirement STEAM—the integration of music, visual arts, and drama into daily STEM instruction—is proven to enhance student achievement in STEM subjects. Creative, real-world problem-solving is what working scientists and mathematicians do. But how do busy STEM educators weave arts activities into a sometimes-inflexible STEM curriculum? This practical course can be used to engage students in K-8 classrooms. Using a conceptual mode with classroom examples and recommendations to use key aspects of STEAM teaching in action, including creating the correct teaching environment, integrating STEAM content, and supporting students as they develop STEAM-related skills. The teaching model includes problems-based learning, student choice, technology integration, and teacher facilitation. Each chapter incorporates elements of connected learning, drawing on students’ interests that teachers can capitalize on when using STEAM to address real-world problems and make STEAM a schoolwide success. This course is great for educators, instructional coaches, principals, and administrators. Click Here to Buy An Educator's Guide to STEAM Direct from the Publisher Click Here to Buy From STEM to STEAM Direct from the Publisher Click Here to preview the Syllabus -
“I’m bad at math.” It’s a line that society tends to accept without examination—after all, some people just aren’t “math people,” As with other essential skills, we need to expose the stereotypes, challenge the negative mindsets, and finally confront the systemic opportunity gaps in math education, and replace them with a new vision for what math is, who it’s for, and who can excel at it. This course covers the following research on teacher and student mindsets and their effect on student achievement, differentiation tools, and suggestions for deeper learning on all aspects of a positive and equitable vision of math education. Click Here to Buy Bad at Math? direct from the publisher Click Here to preview the course syllabus -
Joyful Math opens classroom doors to share practical, yet innovative ways to integrate mathematical play throughout the school day. The course focuses on specific strategies, activities and examples of mathematical play within literacy, art, and outdoor explorations. One of the many challenges facing early childhood teachers is how to meet academic standards while creating learning environments that honor young children’s mathematical curiosity. It introduces a set of short whole-group and partner routines designed to engage young children in meaningful math thinking and build problem-solving communities. Through stories, classroom examples, and resources, the course offers the tools to get started right away with math routines. It inspires educators to make space for joy and play in early childhood mathematics, while giving them the tools to make this vision a reality. Click Here to Buy Joyful Math direct from the publisher Click Here to Buy Early Childhood Math Routines direct from the publisher Click Here to preview the course syllabus. -
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Talking and writing about unfinished ideas is vital to learning mathematics, but most students only speak up when they think they have the right answer - especially middle school and high school students. Rough Draft Math shares the power of infusing math class with the spirit of revision so that students feel comfortable thinking aloud as they problem-solve rather than talking only to perform right answers. As part of the rough draft framework, a class of students becomes an equitable and inclusive community of thinkers, one where students feel safe to engage in discourse while developing mathematical competency and confidence. The course includes specific teaching techniques and a range of classroom vignettes showing rough draft math in action within a student-centered teaching approach. Children can develop solutions at their own pace and share thought processes behind their conclusions. Rough Draft Math provides a blueprint for educators to allow free-thinking discussion while maintaining the mathematical learning goals. It shows how to create an energetic classroom culture where students readily participate and share their evolving understanding while engaging in math talk, collaborative problem-solving, and ongoing revision of ideas. Click Here to Buy Rough Draft Math direct from the publisher Click Here to preview the course syllabus. -
***This course fulfills the Washington State OSPI Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Clock hour Continuing Education Requirement STEM Lesson Essentials provides all the tools and strategies you’ll need to design integrated, interdisciplinary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) lessons and units that are relevant and exciting to students. The course provides clear definitions of both STEM and STEM literacy, including organizing and delivering instruction by weaving the four disciplines together in intentional ways. The engineering and technology practices can instead be blended into existing math and science lessons in ways that engage students and help them master twenty-first century skills. The course provides five guiding principles for effective STEM instruction, classroom examples of what these principles look like in action, sample activities that put all four STEM fields into practice, and lesson planning templates for STEM units. Click Here to buy the book STEM Lesson Essentials direct from the publisher. Click Here to preview the syllabus. -
Teaching our children to think and reason mathematically is a challenge, not because students can’t learn to think mathematically, but because we must change our own often deeply-rooted teaching habits. This is where instructional routines come in. Their predictable design and repeatable nature support both teachers and students to develop new habits. This course examines how educators can make use of routines to make three fundamental shifts in teaching practice:- Focus on thinking: Shift attention away from students’ answers and toward their thinking and reasoning
- Step out of the middle: Shift the balance from teacher-student interactions toward student-student interactions
- Support productive struggle: Help students do the hard thinking work that leads to real learning
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This timely course reveals the kinds of teaching that engages girls intellectually, fosters their creativity, and bolsters their confidence. Drawing on descriptions of great lessons written by nearly 2,000 students and teachers, it offers a practical, accessible guide to anyone who wants to find better ways to help young women succeed. With a specific focus on mathematics, the course provides a better understanding of gender biases related to mathematics and improve girls’ education through the following:- Environmental barriers and gender stereotypes that create gender differences in mathematics performance and prevent many girls from learning mathematics at high levels.
- How to foster a safe learning environment that encourages girls to take risks when they learn math.
- A focus on the mathematics gender achievement gap through three lenses: (1) perceptions, (2) possibilities, and (3) priorities.
- Applying the tasks, questions, and evidence (TQE) process to successfully plan and implement inclusive lessons that engage all
- Short videos of girls engaging meaningfully in mathematics learning.
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The Daily 5 provides a way for teachers to structure literacy and math for teachers to create student independence and allow for individualized attention and one-on-one. -
Understanding the Math We Teach and How to Teach It (5 credits) EDCT 5792 This course focuses on the big ideas and practices in mathematics, deepening understanding and content knowledge. Learn how to teach those big ideas using a student-centered, problem-solving approach, and anticipate student thinking and explore effective tools, models, and rich mathematical questions that nudge student thinking forward. Understanding the Math We Teach offers a well-founded base of mathematical knowledge, leading to better math instruction that captures students’ interest. Click Here to Buy Understanding the Math We Teach Direct from the Publisher Click Here to preview the course syllabus
