Middle School Mathematics - Overcoming Geometry Challenges

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How do we catch and reengage students who are ‘turning off’ to mathematics?”

“How do we help all students understand the core concepts of the standards-based math curriculum?”

“How do we better challenge our gifted students with inspiring and rigorous math study?”

“How do we prepare teachers to provide accessible and engaging math learning experiences?

 

iRi’s Middle School Mathematics programs are best suited for teachers who are serious about attaining dramatic improvement in all students’ math confidence and performance to prepare for the demanding 21st century.

Professional Learning

Overcoming Geometry Challenges

  • Learn to creatively focus Geometry instruction on the “big ideas”
    • Master set inclusion/exclusion, order, proportionality, and relationships
  • Explore how to develop mathematical reasoning in Geometry
  • Enable students to develop a spatial cognitive framework from which to interpret relationships of numbers (integers, rational, irrational) and visualize operations
  • Receive instructional strategies which nurture both the development of essential thinking skills and the content of Geometry with the study of forms (visualizing), form analysis (coordinate Geometry), informal deduction (construction) and formal deduction (proof Geometry)
  • Remedy common student misconceptions about Geometry
    • Move from memorizing Geometric terms to developing visual understandings of core Geometric concepts
  • Understand how to identify and develop those cognitive functions that enable achievement in Geometry, including defining and labeling key concepts, Geometric figures and operations
  • Discover strategies to encourage inductive and deductive reasoning, hypothetical testing, and spontaneous comparisons of Geometric shapes
  • Develop assessment tools to use in addition to annual standardized tests