Comprehensive School Mathematics Program: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:38, 14 July 2017

Revision as of 15:45, 14 July 2017

Line 33:

Burt Kaufman, a mathematics curriculum specialist, headed the team at SIU writing CSMP. He eventually started the Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science (IMACS). IMACS appears to use elements of the program in their "Mathematics Enrichment" program. For instance, mini-computers and "Eli the Elephant" are present in the IMACS material. IMACS is a private education business focusing on the instruction of students from first grade through high school.{{cn|date=April 2016}}https://www.imacs.org/about/news/burt-kaufman.html

MathBRIX, a new venture funded in part by the National Science Foundation SBIR program, is producing a SaaS math supplement for children 4 to 8, which is based onincorporates the CSMP visual learning strategies (strings, arrows, minicomputer, math manipulatives) and overall methodology. The cloud-delivered interactive games and activities will be available in the fall of 2017. MathBRIX complements and extends any in-school curriculum and can be accessed on iPads, Chromebooks and other devices. A free thirty day trial is offered on the [http://www.mathbrix.com MathBRIX]site . A number of the original CSMP developers are advisors to the project, including Clare Heidema, CSMP Director for 25 years, and Dr. Tom Giambrone, CSMP developer in the 1980s and currently Professor of Mathematics at Buffalo State. Two of the early CSMP evaluators, Dr. Martin Herbert and Dr. Gail Marshall, have also contributed to the MathBRIX project.

==References==

*[http://stern.buffalostate.edu/Evaluation/1984CSMPFinalReport.pdf CSMP final evaluation report]

Line 42:

*[http://www.imacs.org Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science]

*[http://www.mcrel.org MCREL]

*[http://www.mathbrix.com MathBRIX)]

[[Category:Mathematics education]]