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Project Timeline
Date	Activity
March - May 1998	Recruitment
June 1998	Summer Institute
September 1998	TEKS, Web-Based Instruction
October 1998	Web-Based Instruction CBL's
November 1998	Instructional Modification
December 1998	Situated Cognition, Higher-Order Thinking
January 1999	Situated Cognition, Web-Based Instruction
February 1999	Resaca Rangers (RR)
March 1999	Algebra Technology
May 1999	Final Session

Immediate Outcomes and Long-Term Benefits: The teachers will gain the following potential benfits:

	Six graduate credits in mathematics education.
	Increased understanding of the process of modeling real-world data.
	Greater understanding of functions and related concepts.
	Improved facility with graphing calculators.
	Improved repertoire of mathematics teaching strategies (e.g., questioning techniques, using contextualized and culturally relevant information for problem solving).
	Improved skills in mathematical modeling and problem-solving strategies as their students will and hence again an understanding of how students view modeling.

Content Pedagogical Objectives:

I Content

	Identify domains and ranges of functions and use appropriate scales;
	Represent functions geometrically, numerically, and algebraically.
	Model data using various types of functions such as linear, quadratic, and systems of equations throgh problem solving.
	Understand exponential and inverse functions.
	Apply algebraic knowledge to solve real-world problems.

II Pedagogical

	Improve teachers' understanding of the concept of a function and its applications.
	Design problem-solving activities that model phenomena indigenous to the South Texas region.
	Improve the teaching of algebraic concepts through the use of graphing calculators (e.g., TI-83 & CBL).
	Design and implement situational problem-solving activites.
	Make the best use of cooperative learning strategies.
	Use appropriate questioning techniques to foster high-order thinking.