Teachers also design activities that motivate students to become active learners. The program supports teachers as they examine their beliefs about mathematics and how children develop mathematical ideas. A basic premise of the program is that before teachers can create active learning classroom environments for their students, they need to have experience learning this way themselves. SummerMath workshops for teachers use an interdisciplinary approach that considers writing and computer technology valuable tools in mathematics instruction. Click here to read more information about the SummerMath program or to view stories about teacher change from SummerMath participants.
Project is the development of an interdisciplinary secondary mathematics and science curriculum.
High school teachers and students participate in the evaluation of a 16-module curriculum designed to integrate concepts within mathematics and connect mathematics instruction to other disciplines. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation invites middle and high school teachers to Rutgers and Princeton University for month-long, core institutes in history, mathematics, and science. Institutes involve teachers in the development of classroom activities around annual themes.