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Materials Development, Professional
Development, and Service Activities
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The Gateway to Mathematics Project
is developing and delivering web-based university level mathematics and
mathematics education courses to dual enrollment high school students,
adult learners in technical workplaces, and K-12 mathematics teachers.
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Improving Middle School
Mathematics |
The Mathematics
Department is developing, delivering, and evaluating two
state-of-the-art, web-based mathematics courses focused on the
professional development needs of Idaho’s middle school mathematics
teachers. The courses are
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Math 504 or
Math 505
Number & Operations for Teachers |
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Math 504 or Math 505 Geometry & Measurement for Teachers |
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Research Activities
The relationship between
historical conceptions and
student mathematical conceptions
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Rob Ely
What are the key obstacles
that arise in the acquisition of mathematical knowledge that are
epistemological in nature, and thus can be expected to appear at both
the individual and societal levels?
What is the relationship
between the internal cognitive rules that govern the construction of
(locally) consistent sets of conceptions and our external
socio-mathematical rules that govern the construction of consistent
mathematics? |
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