HSPA Standards-Based Workshops

For High School Teachers of Mathematics
and Mathematics Specialists

These are workshops for high school teachers based on New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards in mathematics as they are reflected in the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

Workshops will take place at the Busch Campus of Rutgers University.

Each of these full-day workshops will run from 8:30am to 3:00pm with a 45-minute break for lunch. Each workshop involves 6 hours of hands-on professional development activities.

The HSPA Standards-Based workshops are sponsored by the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition.

Workshop Descriptions:

The following two workshops together will address Standard 4 (Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics) in the revised New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. Standard 4 has four strands:

Data Analysis (or Statistics)
Probability
Discrete Mathematics - Vertex-Edge Graphs
Discrete Mathematics - Systematic

An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics

This workshop will provide an overview of the discrete mathematics expectations in the new standards for middle and high school students, and will focus on some of the key ideas and applications of discrete mathematics that are referred to in Standard 4. In the morning, we will discuss strategies for counting (including their use in probability), and in the afternoon, we will focus on vertex-edge graphs and their applications.

This workshop will address the last two strands.

Presenter: Joseph G. Rosenstein
Integrating Statistics and Probability into Your Classroom

This workshop will address concepts related to descriptive statistics (collecting, generating, and describing data), inferential statistics (analyzing and interpreting data), and probability (randomness, fairness, and counting procedures). Simulations and analyses will use hands-on materials as well as technology (TI-83 graphing calculator and Fathom computer software).

This workshop will address the first two strands.

Presenter: Angelo DeMattia

Payment Information

The cost for each full-day workshop is $185. This fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch.

Payment may be made by purchase order or personal check. Admittance to the workshop may be denied if no payment method is submitted by the day of the workshop.

Registration Information

You can register by:

Phone:		(732) 445-4065 from Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
FAX:		FAX Registration Form to (732)445-2894, 24-hours a day.
Mail:		Send Registration Form to: CMSCE Rutgers University SERC Building - Room 221 Busch Campus 118 Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019

Once your registration is received, a confirmation letter including a map, directions, and parking information will be sent to you.

Click here for Registration Form.

Cancellation Policy

A full refund will be issued to the appropriate party if this office is notified at least five (5) business days prior to the workshop date. If you cancel within five (5) business days, or if neither you nor a substitute attend the workshop without notifying us, no refund will be issued.

All workshops are subject to cancellation for insufficient enrollment.

Workshop Dates and Locations

Central NJ
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Busch Campus

Workshop Code	Workshop Topics	Date

	An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics	Jan 8, 2004
	Integrating Statistics and Probability into Your Classroom	Jan 14, 2004

To obtain further information, or to register for workshops, call (732) 445-4065 or email programs@dimacs.rutgers.edu