Officials from SWT and contributing agencies will visit area schools throughout the day. Dr. Max Warshauer, associate professor of mathematics at SWT and director of the Math Camps, said the camps were created out of a need and a desire to see students at a younger age succeed in higher-level math courses.
Teachers learn to engage students in exciting and theoretical exploration and activities.
The teachers receive hands-on training in working with students who themselves are being prepared for algebra and more advanced courses. With the help of Pascoe, the mathematical program, developed by the other four professors, was given an air of festivity. Pascoe and the others developed a means by which children could act out their understandings of math and use the concepts they were being taught to provide solution to their problems. Warshauer explained that the junior camp, which lasts two weeks, is a commuter camp for younger students in grades 3 through 8. Sixth grade students were reportedly performing algebra problems and understanding algebraic concepts by the time they left.