The CRDG Mathematics Section worked on two professional development projects with the Kaui‘i District of the Hawai‘i DOE this year. The first, Mālama ‘ia ka Makemakika (Caring for Math), is a three-year mathematics partnership project involving the Kaua‘i District of…
Mathematics Professional Development for the Leeward Complex
The CRDG Mathematics Section has partnered with the Hawai‘i DOE Leeward Complex on Bridging the Mathematical Continuum, an NCLB consolidated grant in the Nānākuli/Pearl City/Waipahu (NPW) Complex, for two of its components involving the use of technology. Participating mathematics teachers…
Measure Up Brings Elementary Students into the Research Process
Brows furrow in concentration as second graders at the University Laboratory School work in groups to come up with equations based on diagrams of 8 and two of its addends (e.g., 7 + 1 = 8, 2 + 6 =…
Special Education Teachers on Kaua‘i Benefit from Mathematics
Instruction In the current educational clime, there is a heightened awareness of the need for all students to be successful in reading, writing, and mathematics. As one means of helping all teachers enhance their content knowledge in mathematics, the Kaua‘i…
Measure Up
Now in its fifth year, the Measure Up elementary mathematics research project focuses on developing algebraic thinking through measurement ideas in children as young as first grade. The project is based on the work of Russian psychologists, mathematicians, and educators,…