COVER STORY
MTCs have enormous potential to affect “the identity element” — teachers’ beliefs about themselves and about mathematics.
Katie A. Hendrickson
FEATURES
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A Math Teachers’ Circle extends a Math Science Partnership
Liza Cope
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Spotting mathematical structure in a children’s game
Tom Clark
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Exploring paradox through mathematical games
Kimberly Muller
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NEWS AND VIEWS
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Joshua Taton brings the MTC spirit to the School District of Philadelphia
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Five Ohio MTC members were recognized with awards from the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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Liz Capasso (Fairfield County MTC) and Patty Hill (MTC Austin) win the nation’s highest recognition for math and science teachers
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Heather Danforth (AIM MTC) presented on Math Teachers’ Circles at two conferences this fall
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DEPARTMENTS
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As the MTC Network grows larger, our understanding of how MTCs affects teachers deepens
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Local updates from across the country
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Special events, recognitions, careers
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MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Unexpected packages, platonic solids, people vote, and the shape of success.
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A touch of infinity, pentagon tilings, lessons from preschool, and an escape room adventure.
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A 2,000-year-old problem, patterns in musical scales, introducing social issues through math, and more!
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VIEW RESOURCES FROM THIS ISSUE
Page 4: A Teacher and a Mathematician
- Anderson, R. (2007). Being a mathematics learner: Four faces of identity. Mathematics Educator, 17(1), 7–14.
- Cobb, P., Gresal , M., & Hodge, L. L. (2009). An interpretive scheme for analyzing the identities that students develop in mathematics classrooms. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 40, 40–68. doi: 10.2307/40539320
- Cohen, J. L. (2010). Getting recognised: Teachers negotiating professional identities as learners through talk. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26, 473–481. doi: 10.1016/j. tate.2009.06.005
- Hendrickson, K. A. (2016). (Doctoral dissertation). Math Teachers’ Circles: The effects of a professional development community on mathematics teachers’ identities. Retrieved from Ebscohost. (EACCD63BC675FBD1)
- Martin, D. B. (2000). Mathematics success and failure among African-American youth: The roles of sociohistorical context, community forces, school influence, and individual agency. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- National Research Council (2001). Adding it up: Helping children learn mathematics. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
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Page 8: A Circle in the Delta
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Page 10: Spot It!
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Page 13: Freeing the Clones
- Freeing the Clones, a Numberphile video featuring Dr. Zvezda Stankova (UC Berkeley).
- Session materials:
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Page 19: Opportunities
- The Global Math Project aims to engage a million students and teachers around the world during Global Math Week 2017.
- Rosenthal Prize: applications are now open for a $25,000 prize for innovation and inspiration in math teaching.
- Presidential Awards: applications are now open for the nation’s highest honor for math and science teachers.
- Great Hearts Academies is hiring mathematics faculty and apprentice teachers.
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