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Testimonials
Francisco Duran, Principal
Everett Middle School, San Francisco Unified.
"MathThink is reliable, dependable, and well organized. Their mission to help students is evident not only in their actions but also in their dedication."
Francis Abbatuono, Vice Principal
Whitter Elementary Oakland Unified :
“Highly recommend MathThink program. I gave them the highest rating on the district survey of SES programs“.
Maria Ramos Valencia, teacher Manzanita Elementary Oakland Unified:
“ ...... participated in the after school program (MathThink). I noticed that she picked up speed and understanding. She would take the District Math Assessments and zoom right through, stating that the tests were “easy”!”
Names of students, staff and teachers have been withheld due to privacy
concerns.
April 2, 2005 - A MathThink student placed first in the Math Bee competition organized by the North South Foundation.
Assessment Group : 5th grade students
Teacher
Comments:
I utilized the MathThink
curriculum in March, 2005. I conducted a pre assessment using
California Standard test questions for fifth grade mathematics. I used
MathThink curriculum on the same group of students and performed a
similar assessment. Here is the
summary of those scores.
| Curriculum
Used |
Total
Students in Class |
Passed |
%
Passed |
| Non-MathThink
Curriculum |
27
|
5
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18%
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| MathThink
curriculum |
27
|
17
|
63%
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| % Increase in passing rate attributed
to
MathThink curriculum |
45%
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Assessment Group :
Para-professionals for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Teacher Comments:
In order to see the effectiveness of MathThink
curriculum, I first
conducted a class for the para-professionals without using MathThink
curriculum on a group of students and using MathThink curriculum after
that on a different group. I conducted a pre and post assessment using
CODESP (Cooperative Development for the Development of Employee
Selection Procedure) assessment tool on this group of students.
Here are the results from these assessments
Curriculum
Used
|
Total
Students in Class
|
Passed
|
Failed
|
%
Passed
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Non-MathThink
Curriculum
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16
|
9
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6
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56%
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MathThink curriculum
|
12
|
11
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1
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92%
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% Increase in passing rate attributed
to
MathThink curriculum
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36% |
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Parent Testimonials
- "My son has started to use more reasoning on
classes and
real life" - Parent.
- "I have found that over the
course of these classes, my
child has
become more interested in math. I would highly recommend this class to
other parents." - Parent
- "My son has become faster at problem solving
and has had
the
opportunity to review topics which will be presented in the SAT exam" -
Parent
- "My daughter did very well in the math portion
of SAT
because of MathThink" - Parent
Select Testimomials
from Para-professionals
- "This is the first time I have
understood math.
I like how everything was broken down. I am a tactical person as I have
to know how math relates to real world and this program accomplished
that." - Student
- "MathThink was very helpful. I learnt easier
ways to solve problems and check my answers" - Student
- "Gracias por toda su ayuda es facil de entender
y resolver los problemas de matematicas." - Student
- "Hands on instruction along with visual
presentation is vital to teaching children new concepts in math.
MathThink accomplished that." - Student
- "Showing the break-down on the screen made a
whole lot of difference for me." - Student
- "Tuve la oportunidad de estor in la clase de
matematicas y fu de mucha ayuda la forma in que estuviron ayudando
deseo que ase se implemente para otro ocasion que otras personas se
beneficien de esta manera" - Student
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