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PD3 - PCMI and Districts Partner to Design Professional Development:

Abstract

"IAS/PCMI has a 12-year history of providing a rich environment where mathematics
educators and mathematics researchers meet as equals with a strong sense of shared
purpose. The flagship event is an annual three-week Summer Session with individual
programs for high school teachers, college faculty, mathematics education researchers,
undergraduate and graduate students, and research mathematicians and an emphasis on
cross program interaction. PCMI is designed to bring these practitioners together under one
roof for three weeks of intensive lectures, collaborative studies, and interactions in both
formal and informal settings. The activities of the summer session immerse the participants
in mathematics and, for educators, provide a collaborative environment in which to reflect
on their teaching practice."