Join us For One-Day Dives! An Elementary Math Series
The University of Rochester is happy to share a new One Day Dives Elementary Math series of short, virtual, professional development sessions for elementary teachers and leaders
Hosted by: The Center for Professional Development and Education Reform at the Warner School of Education
Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning
Presenters: Maryanne Maves and Cynthia Carson
Having a rich understanding of mathematics influences instructional decisions such as selecting tasks, posing purposeful questions, and devising ways to support and challenge students’ thinking. Students will engage in experiences designed to uncover the underlying mathematical ideas and algebraic reasoning associated with rational numbers and proportional reasoning as they develop across the elementary grades while being reflective about how people learn mathematics, what contributes to their mathematical identities, and creates optimal learning environments for learning and growing. This course will examine fraction, decimal, and percent concepts, fraction operations, and their connections to proportional reasoning.
Date: Summer Date, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM; 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
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Numbers, Operations, and Algebraic Thinking
Presenters: Maryanne Maves and Cynthia Carson
Details: Having a rich understanding of mathematics influences instructional decisions such as selecting tasks, posing purposeful questions, and devising ways to support and challenge students’ thinking. Participants will engage in experiences designed to uncover the underlying mathematical ideas and algebraic reasoning associated with number and operations as they develop across the elementary grades while being reflective about how people learn mathematics, what contributes to their mathematical identities, and creates optimal learning environments for learning and growing. This course will examine number and numeration, the structure of the base ten system, and operation sense for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Date: Fall 2025
Time: Day 1 3:30-6:00; Day 2 3:30-6:00
Geometry and Measurement
Presenters: Maryanne Maves and Cynthia Carson
Details: Having a rich understanding of mathematics influences instructional decisions such as selecting tasks, posing purposeful questions, and devising ways to support and challenge students’ thinking. Participants will engage in experiences designed to uncover the underlying mathematical ideas and algebraic reasoning associated with number and operations as they develop across the elementary grades while being reflective about how people learn mathematics, what contributes to their mathematical identities, and creates optimal learning environments for learning and growing. This course will examine number and numeration, the structure of the base ten system, and operation sense for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Date: Winter 2026
Time: Day 1 3:30-6:00; Day 2 3:30-6:00