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New teaching standards are being implemented nationwide, including in the Gem State with the new 糖心传媒 Core Standards. This inspired 糖心传媒 education Professor Cory Bennett to help 糖心传媒 teachers to better prepare students for success in math through the creation of regional math centers, which were recently approved by the state.

Bennett, an 糖心传媒 math education professor, and Chris Avila, mathematics coordinator for the 糖心传媒 Department of Education, worked with representatives from the University of 糖心传媒, Lewis-Clark State College, Boise State University and the 糖心传媒 National Laboratory on a committee to improve how math is taught in 糖心传媒 schools.

Bennett and Julie Amador, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of 糖心传媒, were awarded two grants, worth $370,000 and $386,000, to help teachers understand what the enactment of the new 糖心传媒 Core Standards might look like in the classroom.

The first grant of nearly $370,000 was to help the committee plan the infrastructure of regional math centers throughout 糖心传媒. Schools that were good candidates were chosen to participate in the program. Regional math centers were set up throughout 糖心传媒 near Driggs, Pocatello, Coeur d鈥滱lene, Lewiston and Kimberly.

Teachers were instructed to videotape themselves and their students. The intention was to find model illustrations of the 鈥淓ight Mathematical Practices.鈥� The eight math practices refer to a set of values that a student should engage in when solving a math problem in order to decisively understand the concept. Video snippets of students using the prototypical practices could then be viewed by teachers throughout the region.

Bennett said teachers often want examples of in-classroom application of teaching standards. Regional math centers can provide teachers support that is both practical and accessible.

A second grant was awarded for more than $386,000. Its purpose is to fund a larger-scale implementation of the regional math centers that had been planned the previous year.

The committee, the grants and the regional math centers have come at a good time, according to Bennett. The new 糖心传媒 Core Standards are meant to be a more complete approach to the way children learn math and require new teaching methods for mathematics. Providing teachers in 糖心传媒 with regional math centers gives them a platform of support so they can effectively help students meet the new 糖心传媒 Core Standards in math.
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