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David Allen (David_Allen@pz.harvard.edu)
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:48:58 -0500

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This is a message for viewers of the interactive workshop titled
Reflecting on Teaching Practice (Part I - Math) airing on march 23 and 25.
(I've been asked to moderate the on-line discussion of this program.)

As you watch the Tuning Protocol on student work in math presented by
Chicha Lynch, you may want to refer to the solution to the problem
students present to the class.

You'll find it on the web site:
www.learner.org/workshops/criticalissues/resources/math1.html

You'll also find a copy of the NCTM standard on "mathematics as
communication" that is referred to in Chicha's presentation and the Tuning
Protocol discussion.

Here are the questions for on-line discussion I posted last week:

>QUESTIONS
>
>In the video, you will see a group of educators using a Tuning
>Protocol--a structured, facilitated conversation--to look at samples of
>student work (in this case on video) presented by Chicha Lynch, a 10th
>grade math teacher from San Bruno, CA. As the facilitator, Gene
>Thompson-Grove, explains in the video, the Tuning Protocol asks
>participants to offer different kinds of questions, comments, and
>feedback at different points in the process. In fact, there are points
>at which the presenter can't talk at all, but listens to the others
>discuss her students' work.
>
>As you watch this Tuning Protocol unfold, here are a few questions to
>think about and respond to on-line. ***Remember to send your postings
>to: studentwork@learner.org.
>
>1) How is this approach similar or different to the ways you typically
>look at student work now? (You may want to say a little about what you
>teach and what kind of student work you're looking at.)
>
>2) What are some of the possibilities for learning on the part of the
>presenting teacher in the Tuning Protocol? For the other participants?
>
>3) What role does the facilitator play?
>
>4) How is this similar or different from professional development
>activities or practices in your school?
>
>5) What questions would you like to ask people who've presented or
>participated in Tuning Protocols.
>
>6) If you've presented or participated in a Tuning Protocol, or similar
>process for looking at student work, what can you tell us about the
>experience?
>
>I hope you enjoy watching the program. I'm looking forward to our
>on-line discussion. If you have comments before the airing of the video,
>please don't wait to post them. Thanks.

David Allen
Harvard Project Zero
Longfellow Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4342

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