San Diego County kids had plenty of exciting summer camps to pick from this year, but only one balanced learning proportional reasoning in math with geocaching on a college campus, rock climbing in Escondido and kayaking off the Oceanside pier. The Math for America San Diego Math + Leadership Camp was a 10-day summer camp…
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Focus is on “Why” not “How” at Quantitative Reasoning Summer Institute for San Diego Math Teachers
Jessica Jones believes the dislike some students have towards math could change “if math could be taught through conceptual understanding, NOT through proper use of when and how to apply formulas.” Jones, who teaches middle school math at Gompers Preparatory Academy, had the opportunity to learn more about teaching for conceptual understanding of mathematics at…
Math for America San Diego Summer Institutes: Teachers Plunge into CCSS-M Centered Work
“In other professional development programs, they teach us how to teach. In this one, they teach us how to teach math,” noted one teacher at a recent Math for America San Diego summer institute. Math for America San Diego (MfA SD), a national mathematics fellowship and teacher professional development program housed in CREATE, held three…
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