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Number Sense: A 1st and 2nd Grade Math Event
This curriculum, developed by the Science Education Partnerships Program at Oregon State University, contains all the tools a teacher or administrator needs to organize a family math program at an elementary school. Using the PowerPoint presentation and timing guide available online, the speaker (a teacher or volunteer) leads student-parent pairs through a series of games and activities designed to develop students' number sense and strategies for addition and subtraction. The math event focuses on listening to students' mathematical thinking and helping parents understand how they can tailor the games to their child's ability level. At the end of the event, parents take home handouts, which are also available in Spanish, for playing simple card games, building number sense and nurturing a "mathematically powerful student." The curriculum includes templates for the games and a check-off list for organizing the event, which can be held in individual or multiple classrooms during the school day or in the evening.
Program Director: Daniel Arp, Ph.D.
Award Years: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Summary: Oregon State University is a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon. Its HHMI-funded initiatives include:
- The Science Education Partnerships program, a K-12 science outreach effort that improves science and math education for teachers throughout the state and also provides alternative ways for children and families to make science an interesting part of family activities;
- Undergraduate summer research programs with formalized mentoring of students, a peer-reviewed undergraduate research journal, and research opportunities for students at Pacific Northwest schools and schools populated with traditionally underrepresented groups in science; and
- The SMILE STARS (Study Techniques, Academics, and Research Skills) program, which offers an eight-week intensive summer bridge program for selected high school graduates before their first year at OSU.