We have a feature-packed newsletter this month! As always, if you have any success stories that you'd like to share with our team, please contact us at newsletter@carnegielearning.com.
A Change is Coming for the Carnegie Learning Brand
Carnegie
Learning will unveil a new corporate brand this April!
The brand will feature a new logo mark ("The Symbol of a Learning Revolution") and a new color treatment. You'll also see a completely redesigned corporate website, one that focuses on exciting educational content, such as video, news articles, success stories, and more.
This summer, the Carnegie Learning Resource Center will be redesigned as well. These sites will focus again on content: specifically targeted content that aims to improve student learning by helping instructors teach our curricula with more fidelity and with greater success.
The new corporate design will debut on April 5, 2010.
Carnegie Learning Curricula Feature:
Carnegie Learning Geometry, Second Edition Textbooks
Mathematical Representations Page
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Sample Lesson of the Day
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Carnegie Learning Geometry, Second Edition is due to be released this May. Leading up to the release, we'll highlight a new feature of our forthcoming curricula each month. This month, we take a deeper look at the new textbook features and content.
To develop the content and pedagogical approaches for Carnegie Learning Geometry curriculum, the Carnegie Learning Curriculum Development team analyzed the NCTM, Achieve, and Common Core math standards, incorporating key mathematical concepts from those standards along with educational research, best practices, and customer feedback. As a result, our textbooks have been enhanced with more sophisticated illustrations, the addition of the "Introductory Problem", and the incorporation of the van Hiele Model of Geometric thought.
The van Hiele model is a theory that describes how students learn geometry. The theory details five levels of geometric understanding that in general relate to student experiences rather than age alone. The van Hieles discovered that students must pass through levels of understanding to achieve mastery in a content area. The van Hiele learning phases are in line with the Learning by Doing methodology that we incorporate into our mathematics instruction.
The Carnegie Learning Geometry Second Edition textbook was intentionally designed to establish geometric connections through conjecture, learning new vocabulary terms and creating proofs. Students will be empowered to construct their own knowledge and engage in the mathematics. Students make conjectures from their explorations, prove each conjecture, and state them formally as theorems.
Carnegie Learning Geometry Solution helps students develop a deeper understanding of Geometric concepts in multiple ways. This solution incorporates common threads throughout the curriculum including: proof construction, composition and algebraic reasoning throughout. These concepts are not presented in isolation but rather revisited within each chapter to strengthen student understanding. Students also gain a deep understanding through active participation in communication, reasoning and problem solving.
For more information of the textbook and software components of Carnegie Learning Geometry Second Edition, please view our new video presentation:
Geometry Second Edition Product Walkthrough
Blog: A Day in the Life of a Carnegie Learning Teacher
Our
new blog is quickly becoming a must-read for anyone currently teaching with
Carnegie Learning curricula! Kentucky-based teacher and Carnegie Learning
Certified Implementation Specialist Kasey Bratcher has continued to write
interesting and information weekly blog articles about being a Carnegie Learning
teacher. Recent
posts include topics such as:
- Test Generator (ExamView)
- A Different View of Assessment
- Really Using Student Reports
- Pacing
- And more!
Excerpts of the blog are now available on the Carnegie Learning Resource Center homepage as well. We encourage you to read and participate in Kasey's blog discussions and forward the link to your fellow teachers and colleagues.
Read the blog now at: http://cliteacher.blogspot.com/
Spring 2010 Math Webinar Series: New Events Added!
Carnegie Learning is always working to present the education community with the most exciting, relevant content in its free webinar series. The following are just a few of the webinars planned for the spring.
Making Ambitious Mathematics Learnable By All
As we move toward a more ambitious set of mathematical goals for our nation's youth, how will we ensure that all students succeed? This presentation will focus on the work of teaching, identifying practices of teaching toward complex mathematical outcomes for all learners, including enacting and enabling high expectations, making mathematical practices and language explicit; and using homework and applications in ways that are sensitive to diversity.
Guest Speaker:
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Deborah Loewenberg Ball |
Teaching for Understanding and Its Impact on Students' Learning in Algebra
In this webinar we will discuss a student-centered framework used to promote understanding of algebraic procedures. Using student work samples we will demonstrate how traditional mathematics tasks can be enriched to support the development of deeper algebraic knowledge. We will also present the impact of a yearlong teaching for understanding program on students' learning, including recommendations and resources for enriching algebra in your school.
Guest Speakers:
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Jennifer Kosiak |
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Jon Hasenbank |
To register, visit: http://carnegielearningevents.webex.com. Not able to make the date/time? Register now and watch the recorded playback at your convenience.
Carnegie Learning National Math Institute: Register Online Today!
Don't miss the Carnegie Learning National Math Institute - Rigorous Professional Learning for Raising Student Achievement in Mathematics! Registration is now open and detailed information is now available on the web site: http://nmi.carnegielearning.com. Save $50 per registration when you register by May 31, 2010!
Featuring distinguished keynotes and instructional leaders:
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Diane Briars, Ph.D. |
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John McCook, Ed.D. |
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Wendy Ward Hoffer, M.A |
And more!
The Carnegie Learning National Math Institute is a three-day professional learning Institute designed to provide teachers and leaders with:
- Effective mathematics instructional strategies for middle school and high school,
- Mathematics content knowledge to support individual student learning,
- Expertise in implementing a successful standards-based, student- centered classroom,
- Tools and strategies to monitor and sustain a successful Carnegie Learning implementation, and
- A network of colleagues to share best practices and innovative classroom ideas.
Who Should Attend?
- Carnegie Learning Teachers, Leaders, and Administrators
(participants are encouraged to attend with a team) - Administrators and teachers interested in learning more about a student-centered approach to middle school and secondary mathematics instruction
Visit the web site at http://nmi.carnegielearning.com for more information.
Our Upcoming Events Schedule
West Virginia Council of Teachers of Math
March 19 - March 20, 2010
Flatwoods, WV
Idaho RTI Conference
April 13 - April 14, 2010
Boise, ID
NCSM
April 19 - April 21, 2010
San Diego, CA
NCTM
April 21 - April 24, 2010
San Diego, CA