Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI): Reasoning Algebraically about Operations

By Deborah Schifter, Virginia Bastable, and Susan Jo Russell

Developing Mathematical Ideas is a staff development/teacher education program designed to help educators think through the major ideas of K-8 mathematics and examine how children develop those ideas. The goal is to engage teachers in a process of inquiry--into mathematics; into learning mathematics; into students' mathematical thinking, in general, and the thinking of one's own students, in particular. In a DMI seminar, teachers discuss print and video cases, explore mathematical questions, investigate the mathematical thinking of their own students, analyze lessons from innovative curricula, and read and discuss essays about related research.

This module is intended to help teachers explore methods by which students work with numbers to formulate generalizations about operations. By expanding students understanding of the properties that underlie the number systems introduced in the elementary grades, they will be prepared to think algebraically for success in middle school and beyond.

Contact Info: Katherine Caruso (1-800-225-4276 x2543)

Project Website: Teaching to the Big Ideas (TBI)

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