SERS: The Math and Science Teaching System Overview [Event flyer]

Presented By: Kathy Clemmer, Director of the Center for Math and Science Teaching (CMAST)

The Math and Science Teaching System is a systematic approach to instructional design that promotes student engagement in learning mathematics and science, perseverance in problem solving, and embraces students as equal partners in assessment for learning. At it’s core, MAST is a methodology for designing, delivering, and assessing student learning in high school mathematics and science courses. Within this system, learning targets are the instructional driver, homework is a choice, assessments are not averaged, student interests are consistently incorporated into the lesson design, and technology is a tool integrated throughout. In this talk I will share the highlights of the MAST System, the successes, the challenges, and the implications for entry level college math and science courses.

This talk is part of the STEM Education Research Seminar series. The goal of the series is to provide a forum for faculty working on research related to STEM education to present and discuss their work. All interested welcome.

The STEM Education Research Seminar is organized by Anna Bargagliotti, Ph.D., Mathematics, and Jeff Phillips, Ph.D., Physics. Please contact them directly or via teachers@lmu.edu for details.

Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to teachers@lmu.edu or x85866.

This program will be video and audio taped and may be podcast. By your willing participation in the program, you expressly and irrevocably consent to be photographed, videotaped and/or audio taped and quoted/cited. The films, tapes, and other digital recordings will become the property of the Center of Teaching Excellence, LMU.