Articles from:April 2018

  • Condolences to the family of Darrell Short

    Thursday, April 19, 2018 | By

    It is with profound sadness that the Department of Mathematics and Statistics wishes to let our students, former students and other members of the Brock community know that Darrell Short passed away on Tuesday April 17th at the age of 61. Darrell has been with us for over 37 years as a Teaching Assistant, helping and inspiring countless students in a multitude of courses. His contributions to the Department were immeasurable, touching the lives of students, faculty and staff members alike.

    The Department would like to extend its condolences to Darrell’s family. He will very much be missed by all of us. It simply won’t be the same place now that he has passed.

    Darrell’s obituary is available via this link.

  • OAME Golden Section Spring Conference

    Thursday, April 12, 2018 | By

    Golden Section of OAME, Brock University’s Faculty of Mathematics
    and Science, Faculty of Education, and Department of Mathematics

    present

    The OAME Golden Section Spring Conference

    Ahead by a Century . . . Strategies for Keeping You on the Cutting Edge

    Thursday April 19, 2018

    Session A: 4:00pm – 5:15pm

    A1: Teaching Mathematics Through Inquiry/Project Based Learning
    Presenter: Gillian Berard & Mary Vetere, NCDSB

    A2: The Great Escape!
    Presenter: Laura Cronshaw & Jaime Rootes, NCDSB

    A3: How Problem Solving Supports Differentiated Instruction in the Mathematics Classroom
    Presenter: Melissa Wigglesworth & Kim Cruise, NCDSB

    A3.14: Special Education Through the Lens of the Renewed Mathematics Strategy
    Presenter: Anthony DiToro, NCDSB

    A4: Creating a Thinking Classroom . . . One Step at a Time
    Presenters: Tricia Brenneman, Elizabeth Pattison, DSBN

    A5: Ideas for MAT 1LK and MAT 2LK
    Presenter: Pamela Chun, DSBN

    A6: A Fresh Look at Diagnostic Assessments (Grade 9)
    Presenter: Jeff Martin, NCDSB

    A7: I Want to Learn Geogebra . . . Help!!!
    Presenter: Angelo Lillo, DSBN

    Session B: 5:30pm – 6:45pm

    B1: Mathematics Through a Leadership Lens
    Presenter: Chris Moscato, NCDSB

    B2: Fractions in Pieces
    Presenters: Susan Ume, NCDSB

    B3: Growth Mindset in the Primary Mathematics Classroom
    Presenters: Luana Kent, NCDSB

    B4: Creating a Thinking Classroom . . . One Step at a Time
    Presenters: Tricia Brenneman & Elizabeth Pattison , DSBN

    B5: Strands? Expectations? Categories? How Do I Record Marks When I Spiral With Activities?
    Presenters: Alison Pridham & Deanna Ward , DSBN

    B6: Breaking Away from a Workbook in MEL3E/4E
    Presenter: Danielle Grebenc, DSBN

    B7: MCF3M – The Middle Child
    Presenter: Jennifer Corbett, DSBN

    Registration Information

    All registration will be done electronically at www.oame.on.ca/mcis

    Sign in, click on Choose Conference, then click on Online Registration for Golden Mini-Conference 2018.
    If you have questions regarding registration, please e-mail: [email protected]
    Other questions can be directed to: [email protected] or [email protected]

    For more information, click for the full poster

  • Brock-NCDSB Computational Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom

    Wednesday, April 11, 2018 | By

    Brock-NCDSB Computational Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom

    April 20, 1:30pm – 3:30pm

    Brock University room TH 253

    We are happy to invite you to attend the Brock-NCDSB Computational Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom event at education which our MATH 3P41 future mathematics teachers will briefly present the programming-based mathematics tasks developed in collaboration with NCDSB teachers.

    This new collaborative initiative falls under the Ontario Ministry of Education-funded Mathematics Knowledge Network (http://mkn-rcm.ca), more particularly as part of the Computational Thinking group (http://mkn-rcm.ca/ct/). For Brock University, it is an experiential learning component newly integrated to one of its course offering (i.e. MATH 3P41).

    KEYNOTE by Dr George Gadanidis (UWO)

    Co-Director of Mathematics Knowledge Network and a Canadian leader in the area of computational
    thinking in school mathematics education.

    Poster