In their Young Mathematicians at Work series, Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk described Mathematics in the City, an innovative project where teachers helped young children construct a deep understanding of number and operations in a math workshop environment. Now they and two colleagues from the project have developed a 21st-century approach that provides pre- and inservice teachers with an interactive, video-based, digital context for inquiry into the teaching and learning of mathematics. Designed for workshop participants and preservice teachers, the Working with the Number Line CD-ROM offers users a multi-media learning environment for professional development on topics ranging from instruction to assessment, that stimulates action, reflection, and discussion with dynamic video clips, children's work samples, and interviews with students and teachers. In Working with the Number Line, students construct a number line, initially as a model to represent a measurement situation, then as a model to represent their computational strategies, and, finally, as a tool for thinking. The CD-ROM helps teachers examine children's numeric thinking; investigate their strategies; and analyze how they model their world mathematically. Users also study teachers at work: designing rich contexts for problem-solving; drawing connections between mathematical ideas and strategies; and developing a vibrant mathematical community. System Requirements for CD-ROM <ul> Windows/PC Pentium II Processor 266Mhz (or higher) Windows 98 (or higher) 64 MB RAM (more recommended) SVGA Color Display (or better) 4X CD-ROM Drive (or faster) Sound Card 16-bit Flash(TM) Player and Acrobat Reader(R) Quicktime 6.0 (or higher)</ul>
<ul> MacIntosh PowerPC Processor G3/233Mhz (or higher) System 9.2 (or higher) 64 MB RAM (more recommended) SVGA Color Display (or better) 4X CD-ROM Drive (or faster) Sound Card 16-bit Flash(TM) Player and Acrobat Reader(R) Quicktime 6.0 (or higher)</ul>

Working with the Number Line, PreK-3 (CD): Mathematical Models (Young Mathematicians at Work)

Education & Teaching

DOLK

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

Designed for workshop participants and preservice teachers, the Fostering Childrens Mathematical Development CD-ROM offers users a multi-media learning environment for professional development on topics ranging from instruction to assessment.

Fostering Children's Mathematical Development, Grades PreK-3 (CD): The Landscape of Learning (Young Mathematicians at Work)

In their Young Mathematicians at Work series, Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk described Mathematics in the City, an innovative project where teachers helped young children construct a deep understanding of number and operations in a math workshop environment. Now they and two colleagues from the project have developed a 21st-century approach that provides pre- and inservice teachers with an interactive, video-based, digital context for inquiry into the teaching and learning of mathematics. Designed for workshop participants and preservice teachers, the Addition and Subtraction Minilessons CD-ROM offers users a multi-media learning environment for professional development on topics ranging from instruction to assessment, and that stimulates action, reflection, and discussion with dynamic video clips, children's work samples, and interviews with students and teachers. In Addition and Subtraction Minilessons clips of real teachers conducting effective minilessons in real classrooms show you how these short, focused sessions can build big mathematical thinking in young learners. Users also study teachers at work: designing rich contexts for problem-solving; drawing connections between mathematical ideas and strategies; and developing a vibrant mathematical community. System Requirements for CD-ROM Windows/PC Pentium II Processor 266Mhz (or higher) Windows 98 (or higher) 64 MB RAM (more recommended) SVGA Color Display (or better) 4X CD-ROM Drive (or faster) Sound Card 16-bit FlashTM Player and Acrobat Reader(R) Quicktime 6.0 (or higher) MacIntosh PowerPC Processor G3/233Mhz (or higher) System 9.2 (or higher) 64 MB RAM (more recommended) SVGA Color Display (or better) 4X CD-ROM Drive (or faster) Sound Card 16-bit FlashTM Player and Acrobat Reader(R) Quicktime 6.0 (or higher)

Addition and Subtraction Minilessons, Grades PreK-3 (CD) (Young Mathematicians at Work)

Dolk, Maarten, Fosnot, Catherine Twomey

Turkey Investigations, Grades 3-5: A Context for Multiplication (Young Mathematicians at Work)

Science & Math

Mathematics

In their Young Mathematicians at Work series, Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk described Mathematics in the City, an innovative project where teachers helped young children construct a deep understanding of number and operations in a math workshop environment. Now they and two colleagues from the project have developed a flexible video-based, digital context for inquiry into the teaching and learning of mathematics that will change how professional development is conducted. Designed for you, the workshop participant or preservice teacher, the Fostering Children's Mathematical Development CD-ROM enables you to not only watch but interact with video that depicts classroom teachers as they listen to, question, and interpret students' thinking; develop connections between mathematical ideas and strategies; and, ultimately, develop vibrant mathematical communities in their classrooms. Fostering Children's Mathematical Development focuses on short video clips from classroom situations, providing opportunities to observe, analyze, and discuss critical moments in children's development, and then to build a landscape of the ideas, strategies, and models of multiplication, and division development. System Requirements Windows/PC Pentium II Processor 266Mhz (or higher) Windows 98 (or higher) 64 MB RAM (more recommended) SVGA Color Display (or better) 4X CD-ROM Drive (or faster) Sound Card 16-bit Flash(tm) Player and Acrobat Reader Quicktime 6.0 (or higher) MacIntosh PowerPC Processor G3/233Mhz (or higher) System 9.2 (or higher) 64 MB RAM (more recommended) SVGA Color Display (or better) 4X CD-ROM Drive (or faster) Sound Card 16-bit Flash(tm) Player and Acrobat Reader Quicktime 6.0 (or higher)

Fostering Children's Mathematical Development, Grades 3-5 (CD): The Landscape of Learning (Young Mathematicians at Work)