Algebra through Function Academy LAST NOTICE

[Ed Laughbaum]

Hello,

Please find below an announcement on the Algebra through Function Academy - a week-long workshop on the teaching of algebra - classroom on the beach :-) . Please share the announcement with colleagues.

Thanks Much.

Ed
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Algebra through Function Academy
Duck, North Carolina (Outer Banks of NC)
June 22 – June 27, 2008
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2008  (Limited to 35 participants)

A Function Approach:
Teaching algebra from a function approach requires the use of function and function behaviors to teach concepts and procedural skills such as factoring, equation solving, arithmetic operations on polynomials, systems of equations, inequalities, properties of inequalities, definitions, concept of asymptotic behavior, absolute value, slope, laws of exponents, etc. We will reorder the algebra content and use function concepts to develop understanding of, interest in, and long-term memory of traditional algebraic ideas. We will capitalize on cognitive processes of associations, pattern building, attention, visualizations, meaning, the enriched teaching environment, distributed learning, and priming. We will model how to teach algebra through a function approach with graphing calculators, and demonstrate why they are crucial to teaching and learning. At the Algebra through Function Academy we will use the TI-84 Plus SE, CBL2, CBR2, and Vernier EasyLink, as tools of choice when teaching algebra.
 
Audience:
High school teachers of remedial algebra, all algebra teachers, college developmental algebra teachers, mathematics education preservice teachers (in grad school)
 
Instructors:
Debbie Crocker, Appalachian State University; Ed Laughbaum, The Ohio State University
 
Location:
The Academy will be held on the Outer Banks of North Carolina near the village of Duck at the Army Field Research Facility (FRF) < http://www.frf.usace.army.mil/>. The classroom is adjacent to the beach. The facility is handicapped inaccessible. The classroom is on the second floor with the only access through a set of stairs.

Graduate Credit:
Education graduate credit (3 quarter hours [pass/fail] of EDUC 992) will be available through California State University, Bakersfield for approximately $135.

For further information contact Ed Laughbaum, The Ohio State University, Department of Mathematics, 231 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. [phone], F [phone], <elaughba@...>. The registration form, and other information are available at http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~elaughba/
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Edward D. Laughbaum   www.math.ohio-state.edu/~elaughba/

The Ohio State University

Department of Mathematics

231 West 18th Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210

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Emeritus Professor

Director, Early Math Placement Testing Program    www.empt.org

Director, AMATYC Outer Banks Summer Institute  http://www.amatyc.org/Events/summer-institutes.htm

Editor, Ohio Journal of School Mathematics (Ask me about writing an article!) http://ohioctm.org/

Editorial Advisory Group, Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA (Ask me about writing an article!) http://www3.oup.co.uk/teamat/