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TIAN Goals and Activities
TIAN uses teacher inquiry and reflective learning to engage teachers in learning math and in learning new instructional approaches to algebra and data analysis to implement purposeful and effective standards-based mathematics
The goals of TIAN are
- to increase and deepen teachers’ mathematical content knowledge to increase teachers’ knowledge and use of state mathematics content standards
- to increase the number and range of teachers’ instructional approaches
- to build teachers’ connection to their state ABE mathematics/numeracy standards.
Project developers expect that implementing this model will build the capacity of states' adult education agencies to support standards-based innovative math instruction for adults.
Teachers participating in the project
- attend three two-day institutes where they do mathematics themselves
- teach lessons on data and algebra that they adapt from the EMPower materials developed by TERC and from their own authentic materials
- develop two Work Samples documenting their planning and instruction
- meet four times with other teachers in their regions to share their experiences and their student work.