Summer 2024 Professional Development Course Offerings - VMI
Course 1: Mathematical Modeling with Probability - Burlington, VT (Specific Location TBD) - June 24-28, 2024
Probability is a critical component of a wide variety of fields and allows us to address real-world problems that involve uncertainty. Weather forecasting, financial modeling, medical applications and game theory are just a few of the areas in which probability is used. In this class, students will work together and have fun while modeling real-life situations and solving applied problems. This course, taught through a problem solving and collaborative manner, focuses on the basic terminology and concepts of probability theory, including random experiments, sample spaces, and discrete variables.
Course 2: Mathematics as a Second Language - Northeast Kingdom, Lyndonville area. Exact location TBD - June 24-28. 2024.
This course provides for a deep understanding of the basic themes of arithmetic as well as the inter-relationships among arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. A major theme of Mathematics as a Second Language is the understanding of arithmetic and algebra through language. Participants will explore the mathematics content related to these topics, the intimate relationship among them, and the important pedagogical strategies and skills educational research suggests can have a strong impact on student learning.
Participants of this course will work collaboratively to solve problems and experience how problem solving is an integral part of instruction. They will come to recognize the importance of multiple representations of mathematical concepts and multiple solution strategies and how discourse in the classroom supports learning.
Upon successful completion of Mathematics as a Second Language, participants will have preferred status should they decide to apply to the VMI’s master’s program, with these credits transferring into the program.
Course 3: Mathematics as a Second Language - Burlington, VT area (Specific location TBD). July 8-12, 2024.
This course provides for a deep understanding of the basic themes of arithmetic as well as the inter-relationships among arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. A major theme of Mathematics as a Second Language is the understanding of arithmetic and algebra through language. Participants will explore the mathematics content related to these topics, the intimate relationship among them, and the important pedagogical strategies and skills educational research suggests can have a strong impact on student learning.
Participants of this course will work collaboratively to solve problems and experience how problem solving is an integral part of instruction. They will come to recognize the importance of multiple representations of mathematical concepts and multiple solution strategies and how discourse in the classroom supports learning.
Upon successful completion of Mathematics as a Second Language, participants will have preferred status should they decide to apply to the VMI’s master’s program, with these credits transferring into the program.
