$84,000 Grant to Help Increase Student Math Achievement
Posted on: Sunday, 7 May 2006, 12:05 CDT
By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.
May 7--A grant of more than $84,000 will allow Fairmont State University to work with local school districts to help middle school math teachers increase student math achievement.
Dr. Rebecca Giorcelli, assistant professor of information systems at FSU, is the grant project director. Other instructors from FSU include Dr. Roxann Humbert, Associate Professor of Education and Director of Learning Technologies; Dr. G.H. "Budd" Sapp, associate professor of education; and Mary Jane Merendino, public school teaching fellow.
Four fifth- or sixth-grade math teachers each from Marion, Monongalia, Harrison and Upshur counties -- a total of 16 teachers -- will be chosen to participate in two-week training sessions at Fairmont State. Teachers will be provided with the necessary materials and resources, as well as a stipend of $200 per day provided through grant funding and matching funds from county school systems.
Follow-up meetings, one in fall 2006 and one in spring 2007, will assist teachers as they implement the assessments and strategies learned at the summer training.
Effective instruction requires periodic, standards-based assessment to determine what students have learned and what they still need to learn in order to meet learning goals and standards. Formative assessment provides information to be used as feedback to adapt teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of the learner.
Info: Dr. Rebecca Giorcelli, 367-4724 or rgiorcelli@fairmontstate.edu.
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