1. MED 595 Research in Mathematics Education

2. What you need for this course. You MUST activate your student email account. The format is The format for the username is as follows: –first 4 letters of last name plus –first initial plus –middle initial plus –2nd digit of birth month plus –2nd digit of birthday A valid SUNY ID for printing and copying. You need access to the internet. You need to have Microsoft Word or a word processor that will save in word format. A free version of Open Office can be obtained at: http://www.openoffice.org/

3. Recommended APA Style Manual Microsoft Office or Open Office

4. Assignments All assignment will be handed in electronically by the Sunday following the class by 11:00 pm. IT MUST BE IN MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT No late assignments will be accepted. Email to : giambrtm@math.buffalostate.edu

5. Materials Many materials will be distributed electronically at: http://math.buffalostate.edu/~MED595

6. Goals for the Course Familiarize you with the current research on teaching and learning. You develop and understanding of methods of doing research. Get a start on the Masters Project and an understanding of what this entails. The product you produce is a product you might use for your master’s project because your project is a research study. BUT THIS IS NOT SIMILARY A COURSE ON HOW TO DO YOUR MASTERS PROJECT

7. The Masters Project The name is misleading. This is not a “Project” in the sense that “Project” has been used in your coursework so far. Every SUNY campus is either a master thesis/project or comprehensive exam campus as a cumulating experience to your masters degree. The experience of the Project is for the students to demonstrate that you can pose and test a question through research and experimentation.

8. What is the difference between a Project and a Thesis? A thesis is researching an original question that would lead to a publication. A project question can be replication of an existing study or with research methods that are not as rigorous. Type of studies can be historical, statistical inference, survey, case study, philosophical or mathematical.

9. Parts of a Project Chapter 1 – Introduction –What information are you seeking and why is it important? Chapter 2 - Review of Research –What research has been done in regard to your question? Chapter 3 - Methodology/Purpose/Data Chapter 4 - Your Conclusions and Suggestions for future research (May be broken into two Chapters)

10. What is research? “Research is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” - Edison/Einstein It is a lot of grunt work. It is a lot of reading and reflecting. A lot of reflecting.

11. Copies of Project Outlines can be obtained at the Graduate School Website.

12. Hardest Thing? To come up with a question.

13. More on the Project The project is done individually with a faculty member You must approach a faculty member yourself. The faculty member has the right to refuse you. The faculty member is not limited to who is on the schedule for the summer.

14. Math Education Faculty Dr. David Wilson Dr. Jodelle Magner Dr. Janine Vigliette Dr. Robin O’Dell Dr. Tom. Giambrone Other faculty

15. Dr. David Wilson Reform curricula implementation… –teachers’ response –students’ response –school community issues Mathematical learning and instruction… the use of technology in the classroom (within the domains of algebra, data analysis and probability, geometry) –the effects of alternative schedules (block scheduling, etc.) –high stakes assessments –assessment issues and practices in the classroom (OTHS- other than high stakes)

16. Dr. Janine Vigliette Assessment and Rubric Construction Curriculum Development Data Analysis and Instructional Implications for High-Stakes Testing Cooperative Learning Improving Middle School Math Achievement

17. Ms. Jodelle Magner Specifically, I am interested in students’ misconceptions and alternative theories of mathematics. I would be interested in working with college students and their use of manipulatives within a mathematics course. I would also like to continue investigating the links between students’ beliefs about mathematics and how they teach and interact with their own students. I am also interested in gender issues in the elementary, middle and high school, as well as the college classroom, and how these issues are related to performance and perception in the classroom.

18. Dr. Jane Cushman Problem – Solving Teacher Knowledge Technology

19. Dr. Tom Giambrone Calculator and computers in the mathematics classroom Teacher Content Background Curriculum development Philosophy of Mathematics Education Use of video in teacher development

20. Robin O’Dell Special Education

21. Homework Please send one file even if is a multiple question. Send a copy to yourself to make sure if went through. Name your file lastname# ex. Giambrone1 Send it one time. I will verify that I got by responding to you.

22. References. A reference is so that the reader can get it directly if available on line. http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/worksh op/citapa.htmhttp://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/worksh op/citapa.htm http://math.buffalostate.edu/~math/Narrative.html

23. Formatting a Document HEADING 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 –Heading 5

24. Think about how policies and determined by your school? One thing is true. Decisions in education are based upon too little information.

25. What is a question you might ask? Form groups are raise three questions.

26. Hot Issues in Education Teacher Evaluation and Content Knowledge –http://www.intime.uni.edu/model/teacher/teac.h tml National Curriculum Standards ( see our website ) Comparisons to other countries. ( see our website ) Direct Instruction vs Cognitively Guided Instruction.

27. Assessment 40% Papers and weekly assignments. This must be sent to me by Sunday 11pm. 30% Presentations and Tests 10% Class participation- This is not an attendance grade. 25% Final Proposal

28. Attendance: Attendance is mandatory. Your final grade will be lowered a plus or minus for each absence greater than one class. Partial attendance counts as a absence.

29. PolicyResearch Documents Opinions