Research Presession Overview
The NCTM Research Presession serves multiple purposes. First, it annually brings researchers together to examine and discuss current issues in mathematics education. Second, it is a chance for researchers to receive feedback on their work and to benefit from exposure to alternative points of view. Third, the Research Presession is an opportunity to capitalize on the collective wisdom available when researchers and practitioners come together to discuss mathematics education and research. Finally, the Research Presession affords beginning scholars opportunities to interact and network with veteran researchers in the field.
As in past years, in support of NCTM's commitment to linking research and practice Wednesday sessions will be open to anyone registered for the Annual Meeting or NCSM.
In 2010, NCTM released Linking Research and Practice: The NCTM Research Agenda Conference Report. The document highlights
“the need to promote communication and collaboration between
practitioners and researchers around issues that are important to practitioners
and proposes a set of research-guiding questions that focus researchers’
attention on critical problems of practice”
(Arbaugh et al., 2010, p.6). In support of the Council’s ongoing work to
strengthen the links between research and practice, the 2011 Research
Presession program planning committee will give priority to proposals that
address one or more of the following critical problems of practice:
- the
characteristics of assessment systems
that provide instructional guidance, support educational decision-making, and
measure growth;
- the
goals of professional learning and
how to document the attainment of these goals in terms of teacher growth; and
- instructional interventions (activities and programs) that help
teachers reach students who they perceive have difficulty developing
mathematical proficiency.
Opening Session: Monday, April 11, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Concurrent sessions: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A plenary session on Wednesday morning (April 13) will highlight the theme, Linking Research and Practice. Sessions including interactive papers, research symposia, and work sessions will be scheduled, allowing members of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) and other practitioners interested in research to attend. These sessions will focus on the interface between practice and research.
The Research Presession is sponsored by the NCTM Research Committee and the Special Interest Group on Research in Mathematics Education of the American Educational Research Association.
Regular registration is $116 and student registration is $58. Students must verify student status.
Additional Information: If you have questions, email Andrea Christie or call 703-620-9840, ext. 2198.
