2011-12 Equity in Mathematics Grants (6-12) Recipient

Teaching with Technology

Fifty percent of the students in 7th and 8th grade in the Marlborough Public Schools are underachieving in Mathematics on statewide assessments. The objective of this grant is to increase student achievement by increasing the use of technology in our math classroom and engaging and motivating the at risk students. The overall goal for the students to become actively involved in problem solving and communications mathematical thinking with the elmo camera and eno board, use the clicker system to provide immediate feedback to the teacher, connect activities to tables and graphs with graphing calculators and ultimately to raise the standardized test scores. We will measure the progress with standardized assessment data including the student growth percentile data and classroom pre and post assessments.