Math Literacy

Today's Guest Speakers: Mathematics in Context (MIC)

Frank Eade is the Numeracy Specialist with the CIG School System. Maggie is a 1st grade teacher here (studying to obtain her Master's Degree) and has used the MIC program with some of her students who were challenged with mathematical understanding and had great results. The MIC program is designed to help students gain a more "real world" perspective on the role of mathematics in daily life. It was developed in collaboration between the Freudenthal Institute (Netherlands) and University of Wisconsin (USA) thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation (USA). It has been tried with Year 7 students at John Gray HS and Clifton Hunter HS.