The Project's goals are to increase student participation in higher level mathematics classes, and in turn encourage currently underrepresented students to select college majors and careers in math and science. Audience Approved by PEP for students in grades 5-7. The approach to instruction allows students to proceed at a flexible pace as new concepts and skills are mastered.
Students work individually and in groups.
The curriculum itself includes elementary arithmetic concepts and skills, more advanced skills, pre-algebra, and algebra. During the summer program, students are supervised and mentored by minority college students hired as residential assistants. SRP was developed to enhance, enrich, and promote mathematics ability and skills in talented students often underrepresented in gifted and talented programs. Evidence of Effectiveness After completing the program, the majority of students moved up substantially in percentile rank on both achievement and aptitude tests, with more students scoring above the 90th percentile after completion of SRP than before. Greater gains were made by students participating in the program for a full two years rather than a single year.