2024 Rosenthal prize Summer Institute Questions

1. In what ways do you believe active learning, hands-on lessons, and mathematical inquiry are important for middle grade students? In your response, refer to a specific learning activity you have implemented or facilitated where the goal was to build students’ curiosity and interest in mathematical thinking. What did the students learn as a result of the activity? (Please answer in 700 words or fewer.)

2. Review one of the Rosenthal Prize lessons from the past ten years. Describe how you think this lesson would benefit students in the middle grades. (Please answer in 300 words or fewer.)

https://momath.org/rosenthal-prize/

3. What is your interest in and/or experience with sharing at local, state, regional, and national professional development meetings or conferences? (Prior experience is not a prerequisite for selection.)

4. If selected for the Institute, you will be expected to share one or more Rosenthal Prize lessons with students and teachers in your community. What are some ways in which you might plan to share the lessons? Please also include the demographics of the student population you would reach, either through your own interaction or through the other educators with whom you would share the lessons. Please be as specific as possible.