Call for ManuscriptsAll submitted articles should be a single spaced Word document, with 12 pt. Times New Roman font, andshould be in APA style. Please send your manuscripts or questions to Dr. Agida Manizade [email protected] with the appropriate subject line. The deadline for each call is December 30th, 2017. Teaching Dilemmas Unsolved Mathematical MysteriesWe are accepting articles that include teachers’ We are accepting articles about fascinating mathe-reflections on mathematical topics you find chal- matical problems that have not yet been solved.lenging to teach. If you have a difficult problem or The problem itself should be described simply sotopic you use for your students, please describe that a middle school student could understand it. Itthe problem, discuss common student difficulties should also include the progress that has beenwith it, and the way you approach teaching this made by the mathematics community on solvingtopic. this problem.Subject line: Teaching Dilemmas Subject line: Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries Research or Practitioner Articles Math GirlsWe are accepting papers on elementary, middle, What does your school district or institution do toand secondary mathematics teaching and educa- encourage girls in mathematics? Send any infor-tion. The Spring 2018 theme will be \"Moving mation or publications related to girls in mathe-Mountains with Mathematics.\" Articles will be matics education.peer-reviewed and comments will be shared with Subject line: Math Girlsthe author. Please provide articles in a word docu-ment no more than 5 pages (not including corre- My Remarkable Studentsponding images, graphs, etc.). Have you had a student that changed the way youSubject line: Research or Practitioner A rticle think and teach? Send an article describing your experiences with this student and the ways they Good Reads have affected your teaching.Do you know of a teaching resource or literature Subject line: My Remarkable Studentladen with mathematics content? Please send anyliterature reviews to Dr. Betti Kreye at Busting [email protected]. In this section we are accepting suggestions forSubject line: Good Reads scenes from movies for readers to analyze and explain the mathematical plausibility of them. Technology Review Please describe the scene and provide a timestampDo you have a review of an app, website, or for it.online resource? Please send your critical review Subject line: Busting Blockbusters Suggestionto Christophe Hirel at [email protected] line: Technology Review Calling Virginia Authors Virginia residents whose articles appear in the Reviewers VMT will be granted free membership in theIf you are willing to serve as a reviewer, please VCTM for one year.contact us at [email protected] Mathematics Teacher vol. 44, no. 1 51
Good ReadsSection Editor: Dr. Betti KreyeIn this section, we feature mathematics literature that is appropriate for K-12 Mathematicsinstruction. If you use specific literature for your mathematics classroom and wish to shareit with the Virginia Mathematics Teacher community, please respond to the Call forManuscripts on page 51.Adding Talk to the Equation: Discussion Dr. Betti Kreye Section Editor, Good Readsand Discovery in Mathematics [email protected] This is the newest book by the author of matics specialist’s, and a teacher educator’s re-Content Focused Coaching: Transforming Mathe- source library.matics Lessons, and Agents of Change: How Con-tent Coaching Transforms Teaching and Learning. Adding Talk to the Equation: Discussion and Dis-In this 84-page book are short reflections and uned- covery in Mathematicsited annotated transcripts of the classroom videos Lucy Westinvolving Grades 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 that are included Stenhouse Publishers, 2016on an accompanying DVD. As Lucy states, Review by Dr. Betti Kreye“dialogue is key to learning for students and teach-ers.” (p. 1). The videos capture the interaction 52within the classroom as Lucy applies strategies forimproving classroom discourse. They are arrangedin an order from classes just beginning to use thestrategies to those more experienced. The videosand the transcripts could be very useful for anyindividual teacher who wants to improve discoursein the classroom regardless of her previous level ofuse of discourse moves. It would also be very use-ful for professional development of groups ofteachers or study groups moving to increase thelevels of discourse in their classrooms. Lucy West includes the discourse strategiesof turn and talk, how did you get that, repeat that,see/think/wonder (using visuals), and the use ofthumb signals. The videos show the actual applica-tion of the moves within classrooms and the writ-ten annotated transcripts give insight into Lucy’sactions and thoughts. Appendix A in the bookdescribes turn and talk: benefits, when to use, pit-falls, and tips for facilitation. Appendix B includesdiscussion on other talk moves and how to applythem in the classroom. The book and DVD wouldbe a worthwhile addition to a teacher’s, a mathe-Virginia Mathematics Teacher vol. 44, no. 1
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“Mathematics, even in its present and most abstract state, is not detached from life.It is just the ideal handling of the problems of life.”- Cassius Jackson KeyserVirginia Mathematics Teacher vol. 44, no. 1 57
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The PuzzlemakerDr. David Shoenthal Rules:Professor of Mathematics, ChairLongwood University 1. The digits 1 through 9 appear in each row and each column exactly [email protected] 2. Digits can appear in a shaded region multiple times as long as Rule 1 isn’t broken. 3. Digits in each region must either add or multiply to the indicated number. Both the operation and the sum/product are indicated in each region. 4. Squares with multiple colors (for example, the square in row 1, column 1) contain a number that’s used in the operation for adjacent regions of each of those colors. 5. The puzzles are rotationally symmetric--the board can be rotated by 90 degrees and the design remains the same. Answers will be featured in the Spring 2018 issue of the V irginia Mathematics Teacher.Virginia Mathematics Teacher vol. 44, no. 1 59
Conferences of Interest Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics | www.vctm.org2017 Annual SVCTM Conference 2017 ATCM ConferenceAbingdon, VA: September 30, 2017 Chungli, Taiwan: December 15-19, 20172017 Annual PME-NA Conference 2018 AMTE ConferenceIndianapolis, IN: October 5-8, 2017 Houston, TX: February 8-10, 2018 2017 Blue Ridge Conference 2018 GRCTM MSiC ConferenceCloverdale, VA: October 9, 2017 Richmond, VA: February 17, 20182017 GRCTM Math Field Day 2018 BNVCTM ConferenceRichmond, VA: October 10, 2017 Manassas, VA: March 3, 2018 2017 Regional NCTM Conferences 2018 Annual VCTM Conference Orlando, FL: October 18-20, 2017 Radford, VA: March 9-10, 2018 Teaching Academic Survival and SuccessChicago, IL: November 29-December 1, Fort Lauderdale, FL: April 8-11, 2018 2017 2018 Annual NCTM Conference Washington, DC: April 25-28, 2018 2017 BNVCTM Conference Manassas, VA: November 4, 2017 2017 GRCTM SK Day Richmond, VA: December 2, 2017Virginia Mathematics Teacher vol. 44, no. 1 ISSN 2474-8749 60
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