Pat Herbst will deliver one of the plenary talks at EARCOME (East Asian Research Conference in Mathematics Education) in July, in Seoul, Korea
Presentation Title: A Descriptive Theory of Mathematics Teaching: What Can the Theory of Practical Rationality Say About the Improvement of Mathematics Instruction
Click here for details: https://www.earcome9.org/program/02.html?sMenu=02
MAA Open Workshop for Geometry for Teachers Instructors June 23-26, 2025
Nat Miller, Steve Boyce, Mara Markinson, Amanda Brown, and Pat Herbst will be offering an online workshop within the framework of the MAA Open Workshops
https://web.cvent.com/event/78ec3364-4202-482e-a5ac-2b3fd68d23bd/summary
Do you teach a college geometry course, or are you planning to teach one? Would you like more ways to think about what such a course should be about? Many first-time college geometry instructors have never taken a college geometry course themselves, and may have questions about what material to include and how to structure their course. This workshop will provide suggestions for how to structure your course around the GeT (Geometry for Teachers) Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), a framework of ten central ideas for teaching GeT courses developed by an inter-institutional faculty community of GeT course instructors.
Workshop participants will collaboratively work on geometry tasks, discuss considerations for course syllabi, share their expertise in teaching college geometry courses, and develop activities for students in college geometry courses. Participants will explore the 10 SLOs, which are focused on proof, critiquing reasoning, high school geometry content, axiomatic systems, definitions, technologies, Euclid, constructions, non-Euclidean geometries, and transformations.
While this workshop is focused on developing college-level geometry courses for prospective secondary mathematics teachers, all those interested in the teaching and learning of geometry at the high school or college levels, regardless of whether they teach a course for teachers, are welcome to attend.
Please note that as a federally funded program, MAA OPEN Math can only accept participants from the U.S. and its territories, and Canada.
Registrants are asked to only sign up for one OPEN Math workshop for the summer.
Join Us at the 2025 DRK12 PI meeting
Dr. Amanda Brown and Rüya Savuran from GRIP Lab will be sharing insights on the NSF project entitled “Examining an On-line, International Exchange Professional Development for High School Teachers” at the 2025 DRK-12 PI Meeting
Presesntation Title: Leveraging AI to Support and Study Teacher Learning: Insights from Professional Development and Research Applications
Presentation Details: This session explores how AI can be used to support and study teacher learning through AI-facilitated professional development and AI-assisted multimodal data analysis.
Speakers: Amanda Brown and Ruya Savuran, University of Michigan; Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, University of Southern California; Ken Frank and Jiliang Tang, Michigan State University
Date: TUESDAY | JUNE 10, 2025
Time: 2:30–3:45 PM (EDT)
Location: 3RD FLOOR | FAIRFAX & PRINCE WILLIAM at Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport
We look forward to seeing you there!
Herbst presented plenary talk at MI-AMTE on March 15
Pat Herbst offered a plenary talk titled Collaboration or change: Finding a sustainable stride.
He offered the example of GeT: A Pencil as a way in which researchers can collaborate with practitioners by providing consultation and organization support while practitioners identify their goals and mechanisms to work on improving their practice. A video of the talk is available.
The presentation was offered at the closing of the MI-AMTE Conversations Among Colleagues Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan. MI-AMTE is an affiliate of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and has the goal to promote all aspects of quality mathematics teacher education in Michigan.
GRIP Team Presented “StoryCircles: A Third Space for Professional Development” at MI-AMTE on March 15
Anthony Davis and Amanda Brown presented a talk titled “StoryCircles: A Third Space for Professional Development” which describes the potential of the StoryCircles program offered by GRIP Lab to act as a “third space” for teacher professional development.
The presentation was offered at the MI-AMTE Conversations Among Colleagues Conference that happened in Kalamazoo, Michigan. MI-AMTE is an affiliate of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and has the goal to promote all aspects of quality mathematics teacher education in Michigan.
Join us from November 7-10 for GRIP Lab presentations at PME-NA 46
Come see us in Cleveland at Hilton Downtown this week and be part of our PMN-NA discussions!
Presentation Title: Gauging professional growth: Moving beyond binary assessments by examining teachers’ practical arguments in simulations of practice
Speakers: Amanda Brown, Patricio Herbst, and Gil Schwarts from the University of Michigan
Date: November 8, 2024
Time: 03:35 – 04:15 PM EST
Location: Hope Ballroom B, Hilton Downtown, PMENA – 2024, Cleveland, Ohio
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Presentation Title: Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Justification for Sequencing Student Work
Speakers: Soobin Jeon, Amanda Brown, Ruya Savuran, and Patricio Herbst from the University of Michigan
Date: November 9, 2024
Time: 09:25 – 10:05 AM EST
Location: Superior Ballroom B, Hilton Downtown, PMENA – 2024, Cleveland, Ohio
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Presentation Title: How do instructors describe students’ mathematical work and opportunity to learn in geometry courses for teachers?
Speakers: Patricio Herbst, Soobin Jeon, and Amanda Brown from the University of Michigan
Date: November 10, 2024
Time: 10:20 – 11:00 AM EST
Location: Hope Ballroom C, Hilton Downtown, PMENA – 2024, Cleveland, Ohio
GRIP Lab Adds Up to a Spooky Halloween!
This Halloween, the GRIP Lab participated in the spooky season by carving pumpkins and putting out candy for trick or treaters at the Marsal School of Education. Other participating departments in Marsal competed for the spookiest display!
Pictured are two members of the GRIP Lab, Rüya Savuran and Anthony Davis, posing in front of the GRIP Lab’s Trick-or-Treat display.
Join us on October 3 for GRIP Lab presentation at the PME-NA
Come see us in Reno at Atlantis Hotel and Casino Conference Center this week and be part of our PMN-NA discussions!
Presentation Title: What does it mean for geometry teachers to improve a lesson? A multimodal analysis
Speakers: Gil Schwarts, Patricio Herbst, Soobin Jeon, & Amanda Brown from the University of Michigan
Date: October 3, 2023
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM
Location: Atlantis Hotel and Casino Conference Center, Emerald D, PMENA – 2023, Reno, Nevada
Join Gil Schwarts, Patricio Herbst, Soobin Jeon, and Amanda Brown in discussing the following questions: what does it mean, for mathematics teachers, to improve a lesson? And how can improvements be accounted for in the analysis of the resulting artifacts, especially when these are multimodal?
Learn about a novel framework for multimodal analysis, and about ways to capture professional growth through comparing artifacts produced by teachers.
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Presentation Title: How instructors of undergraduate mathematics courses manage tensions related to teaching courses for teachers?
Speakers: Amanda Brown, Patricio Herbst, and Mike Ion from the University of Michigan
Date: October 3, 2023
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: Atlantis Hotel and Casino Conference Center, Treasures B, PMENA – 2023, Reno, Nevada
Join Amanda Brown and Pat Herbst in their exploration of how undergraduate mathematics instructors navigate the complex tensions associated with teaching the geometry course for secondary teachers.Learn about the three distinct ways instructors manage these tensions and gain insights into the work of mathematics teacher educators.
This talk is a must-attend for educators and researchers interested in the research on undergraduate mathematics education.
Join Us at the 2023 DRK12 PI meeting
Dr. Amanda Brown will be sharing about a newly awarded NSF project entitled Examining an On-line, International Exchange Professional Development for High School Teachers. You can learn more at the Structured Poster Sessions happening on Thursday, June 29, from 12:45 to 2pm ET. Join us at Potomac 1 & 3. We look forward to seeing you there!
Inviting instructors to pilot a new software for use with video-based assignments on Canvas
The GRIP Lab invites instructors to pilot the new Anotemos learning tool on Canvas.
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