Dr. Alan Zollman is a nationally recognized expert on mathematics instruction, curriculum development, and alternative student assessment strategies. He has written for numerous organizations and continues to delight audiences at conferences throughout the nation. Alan Zollman will give you practical, classroom-tested techniques linking middle grade math concepts and procedures from number sense through algorithms, and on to geometry and variables for algebra. He will show you methods to avoid the three common misconceptions your students have about whole numbers, fractions, and decimals that cause the most errors. Plus, he'll give you ideas to use cooperative learning and authentic assessment to cultivate your students' construction of their own mathematics learning.
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In the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, credit will be issued by correspondence. Complete details provided at the seminar. Who Should Attend All Grades 4-8 Classroom Teachers, Math, Resource, and Special Education Teachers, Math Specialists, Teachers of Title I and Gifted Students, Curriculum Coordinators, and Administrators. Title I, Title VII, GATE, Restructuring Grants, Bilingual Education, Demonstration School Programs, School Improvement Funds, Eisenhower Funds. Attendance, refreshments, and all seminar materials.