Passaic MATRIX Project Overview:
Sponsored by the
NJ
Department of Education's
Math Achievement To Realize Individual eXcellence (MATRIX) grant program,
the Center for Innovation in Engineering and
Science Education (CIESE) at
Stevens
Institute of Technology and the
Passaic-City School District are collaborating to improve sixth, seventh,
and eighth grade student achievement in mathematics through ongoing teacher
professional development (see
Workshops) and in-class support that focuses on effectively
integrating technology into teaching and learning.
Utilizing calculators, computers, and Internet-based resources, the MATRIX
grant will allow the teachers to engage students in authentic mathematic
problems and activities aligned to the district curriculum and the
New Jersey
Core Curriculum Content Standards, thereby making learning more exciting and
more relevant to modern society.
This project is a one-year renewable initiative that will directly involve
five classroom teachers at each grade level, 15 in total, from the following
public and private schools in the Passaic-City Public school district:
Lincoln
Middle School,
Yeshiva Beit Hillel, Yeshiva K'tana of Passaic Park, and
Elementary School #14.
Additionally,
each 7th and 8th grade participating public and non-public school classroom
during the project's first year of implementation will receive one Pentium 4
computer, one LCD Projector, one
InterWrite SchoolBoardŽ electronic whiteboard, and
productivity and math software. A full list of these specifications can be
accessed below:
Here is a description of student achievement within the MATRIX project during the first year:
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