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Dana Center's Annual Mathematics and Science Higher Education Conference (October Conference)

October 18-20, 2007

This year's conference, "Connecting Current Issues in Mathematics and Science Education," promises to be the best yet! We are planning four conference threads for this year:

• preservice (elementary and secondary),
• PK-16,
• STEM issues, and
• building support for students.

We will have speakers update us and involve us in thinking about recent state and national legislation and its implications, essential content knowledge for prospective teachers, STEM efforts in Texas, vertical alignment, and other current issues. Sessions will be focused on needs of faculty who are interested in the preparation and support of either preservice or inservice teachers, and faculty who teach mathematics or science courses, especially for incoming college students.

This year's conference will again include sessions for Teacher Quality grant recipients—both current and past awardees as well as those who may want to apply in the future.

Invitation (pdf 244kb)

Agenda (pdf 156kb)

Selected presentations from the 2007 conference:

Thursday, October 18

Uri Treisman, Charles A. Dana Center.

• Practices Worthy of Attention in Strengthening Mathematics Teaching and Learning (pdf 1.5mb)

Friday, October 19

Harrison Keller, Speaker's Office, Texas House of Representatives.

• Texas Legislative Issues: Updates and Impact (pdf 407kb)

Brenda Wojnowski (T-STEM Initiative), Pam Buckley (T-STEM Centers), and Dee Chambliss (T-STEM Academies).

• Redesigning Texas High Schools: T-STEM Initiative (pdf 1.1mb)

Kaye Forgione, Achieve, Inc.

• Ready or Not: Cross-State Collaboratives and R&D Work to Help Ensure that High School Students are Ready for College and Work (pdf 1mb)

Connie Yarema and Allan Yarema, Abilene Christian University.

• Learning Communities for Preservice and Inservice Teachers—An International Perspective: Lesson Study in Japan (pdf 5.4mb)

Elizabeth Powers, Teacher Quality Program.

• Teacher Quality RFP Release (pdf 72kb)

Cynthia L. Schneider, Charles A. Dana Center.

• Courses, Completions, and Connections: Looking at Mathematics and Science Course Data (pdf 2mb)

Cynthia Ferrell and Catherine Parsoneault, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

• Developmental Mathematics (pdf 250kb)

Jane Schielack, Texas A&M University.

• The NCTM Curriculum Focal Points for Mathematics in Prekindergarten Through Grade 8

Andrea Foster, Sam Houston State University.

• Elementary Science Content: What Prospective Teachers Need to Know (pdf 2mb)

Pamela Powell and Lynn Kirby, UTeach, University of Texas at Austin.

• Secondary Science Content: What Prospective Teachers Need to Know (pdf 1.2mb)

Jacqueline R. Stillisano, Dianne Goldsby, Mary Margaret Capraro, Robert M. Capraro, Dawn Parker, and Ebrar Yetkiner, Texas A&M University.

• Mathematics TEKS Connections (MTC) Preservice Modules (pdf 10.9mb)

Saturday, October 20

Jan Lindsey, Director of the High School Completion and Success Initiative, TEA.

• TEA: Updates for the Present and Looking to the Future (pdf 7.6mb)

Josephine Hamilton, Teacher Quality Program.

• Blogs, Facebook, and Other 21st-Century Ways to Support Students (pdf 1.6mb)

Connie Russell, Angelo State University.

• Methods in Teaching Science (pdf 15mb)

Susan Hudson Hull, Charles A. Dana Center.

• Academic Youth Development: Shaping the Culture of Ninth-Grade Algebra Classrooms (pdf 1.5mb)

Gloria White, Charles A. Dana Center.

• Closing the Gap: Finding Connections Between Where We Are and Where We Need to Go (pdf 1.1mb)

Materials from previous conferences:

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002