Symposium for Clark County Educators September 30, 2006

Powerful Mathematical Thinking Number Sense Powerful Mathematical Thinking Teachers Students Investigations in Number, Data, and Sapce will stimulate powerful mathematical thinking for your students and your teachers! You and your students will experience… - challenging, engaging mathematics problems - investigations that will motivate students and teachers to think “outside the box” mathematically and - opportunities to share multiple strategies in problem solving enabling your students to confidently solve problems.  

Keith Cochran Featuring Research and development specialist at the education research Collaborative at TERC in Cambridge, MA and a senior writer on the grades 3 – 5 revisions of Investigations in Number, Data, and Space curriculum project.

Linda Boland Featuring Linda Boland is the National Product Manager for Investigations in Number, Data and Space. She also has an extensive career in education as a pre-K and elementary teacher, working for 25 years in the states of Arizona and Maryland.

Investigations Symposium Durango High School – 7100 West Dewey Drive, Las Vegas, NV Agenda 8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 – 10:15 Keynote Address by Keith Cochran 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 – 11:30 Grade Level Breakout Session on “Number Sense” 11:30 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 1:45 Grade Level Breakout Session on “Number Sense and Computation” 1:45 – 2:00 Break 2:00 – 3:15 “The Art of Questioning” with Linda Boland 3:15 – 3:30 Wrap up and door prizes RSVP to Thelma Davis at TAD131@interact.ccsd.net by Sept. 20, 2006 Investigations Symposium