Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | 12:00PM
Despite the all-too-common focus on skills-building, developing students' mathematical understandings relies on developing not only their ability to solve problems, but also on conceptual understanding, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, adn productive dispositions. Through engaging discussions and data-drive insights, you'll gain a profound understanding of why developing all of these strands is needed to close the math gap.
Presenter: Chandra Orrill
Chandra Orrill, Ph.D. is an educational researcher with expertise in mathematics education and instructional technology. Before joining Rethink Learning Labs, Chandra was a Professor in STEM Education at UMass Dartmouth where she led the Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in STEM Education for several years. Chandra is passionate about working with teachers to create inquiry-oriented, technology-based, and discussion-oriented learning spaces for mathematics and computational thinking. Chandra has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on over $13 million in grants over the past 20 years. She is published in mathematics education and learning sciences journals and is active in professional organizations in math education and the learning sciences.