The Right Stuff: Appropriate Mathematics for All Students was an AMATYC project funded by
the National Science Foundation. The
project encouraged the use of materials that engage students in meaningful
activities that promote the effective use of technology to support mathematics,
further provide students with stronger problem solving and critical thinking
skills, and enhance numeracy. Funds were
used to construct, deliver, and evaluate a strand of AMATYC Traveling Workshops
to assist faculty who wish to explore best practices for their courses below
calculus.
The
guiding principles used in designing the materials for the Traveling Workshops
are found in the Beyond Crossroads:
Implementing Mathematics Standards in the First Two Years of Colleges
document and the Mathematical Association of America's CRAFTY document
"College Algebra Guidelines" endorsed by the Committee on the
Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM).
Materials
used in the Traveling Workshops and then refined are now available from this
website. They are organized by module. Each module contains a
classroom-ready student worksheet as well as a teacher guide. In addition,
modules may contain an Excel file, a TNS file (for the TI Nspireä), pictures, and videos.
Each module , #1 through #20, has its own page on which you’ll find a brief
description, the teacher guide, and a zipped file containing all the files that
comprise that module. The teacher guide
is provided in PDF format. You may examine
it and then decide if you wish to download the zipped file with all the other
documents. There are 20 modules that
cover a wide variety of topics and interests. The Table of Contents, in Module 0,
contains a more complete description of each module.
These
modules are free to all for use in classrooms. However, we do ask that
you complete the information sheet prior to downloading and using the
modules. Portal to the
Modules We suggest that you bookmark
the URL for the module pages for your personal use, but please do not share it.
A great
many people have contributed to the success of this project. The investigators wish to thank you all for
your input and assistance.
The Right Stuff workshops are still available
through AMATYC's Traveling Workshop program. If you are interested to
learn more, contact information follows.
Rob
Kimball, Project Director, Co-PI,
rlkimball@waketech.edu.
Kathy
Mowers, Co-PI
Patrick
Averbeck, AMATYC Traveling Workshop
Coordinator
Modules – to download modules,
start here at the Portal
to the Modules.
List of workshops and
sessions funding by The Right Stuff
Other
Resources for The Right Stuff and
College Algebra Reform
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This
project is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation; DUE 0632883 |
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