Join colleagues in mathematics and mathematics education for engaging and stimulating conversations on current and ongoing topics in mathematics teaching and learning!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Making Practice Core: Mathematical Practices and the Practice of Teaching

This year's Conversations among Colleagues conference will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM and its theme is "Making Practice Core: Mathematical Practices and the Practice of Teaching."

Location

Pearce Hall, Central Michigan University (Parking in Lot 22)

Keynote Speaker

​	​ Jere Confrey Joseph D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Professor of Mathematics Education William and Ida Friday Institute for Education Innovation College of Education North Carolina State University

Closing Panel

• Jere Confrey (North Carolina State University)
• Ruth Ann Hodges (Michigan Department of Education)
• Valerie Mills (Oakland Schools; President-Elect, National Council of Supervisors
  of Mathematics)

Conversations among Colleagues was designed in 2003-2004 to engage mathematicians, mathematics educators and leaders in mathematics education in a day of sessions and conversations to share learning related to mathematics education and the development of mathematics teachers in the state of Michigan. 

The conference addresses policy, projects, course and curriculum development, mathematics needed for teaching, teacher development, assessment, data analysis and other topics of interest and pertinence to the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning at all levels.