Math Thinke Brochure

Where and When.

For more information please contact:

The program is offered at Mott Computer clubhouse in the Mott Community Center.

1211 Braddock Rd. Fairfax VA 22030

Alvaro A. Luna

Thursdays from 4:30 to 6:30 (Tutoring) Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 (Chess and light tutoring)

Information technology specialist II Mott Computer Clubhouse in Mott Community Center 12111 Braddock Road Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-278-8605, TTY 711

A new way to understand Math and Science

The math thinker program is a program specifically designed to help individuals to understand the principals of math and science and by doing so help them to develop self confidence What is different that any other program or school math?

Besides the fact that there is a specific time where the student interacts with a mentor, the main difference is based in the time the mathematical process happens and the different elements that integrates the program as a whole.

The program consists in 3 different modules of learning.

Module 1.

Student interact with mentors, many of them from Brain Injuries Inc., for a period of 5 to 20 minutes.

Module 2.

Student access different websites that provides them with different math activities, mostly math games that allow student to reinforce what the mentor requires to reinforce, chess and board games are implemented as part of the program.

Module 3 Online Tutors through The National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP).

A leading organization in developing technologies to help students. NSTEP links volunteer tutors with struggling students over the internet so that economics and geography

are no longer a bar to success in math. The linking of high school student tutors, one-onone and online, with struggling middle and high school math students creates a community of role models for the struggling students in a unintimidating and exciting environment.

Research shows that even in infancy children develop an implicit understanding of basic mathematical concepts, such as shapes and spatial relationships. The NRC report details the "foundational and achievable" math content that can and should be taught to children in the early years to support and nurture what children are already learning from the world around them.

The NRC's report devotes an entire chapter to the need to strengthen teacher preparation programs, plus two more chapters to "teaching-learning paths" (the concepts children can learn at different ages, and how they demonstrate that learning) for the various domains of early math instruction, including number operations, spatial thinking, and measurement.

Math as a philosophical concept For centuries math was understood as a way to understand the world we live in, the connection between the real world and math is not always understood by children.

Critical elements are often dismissed such as the times tables, by the time an student

reaches middle school or high school, they are ashamed and reluctant to participate in activities where critical thinking is needed.

Mott Computer Clubhouse as part of the philosophy of the MIT Media lab which it was funded is pioneering and engineering a new way in engaging members so they can achieve greater potential not just in math but in other disciplines.

The Intel Computer Clubhouse Network is an international community of 100 Computer Clubhouses located in 20 different countries around the world provides a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology.