It has been an age old battle to get kids interested in school. Even more importantly, it has been a battle to get kids interested in math. However, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have a new initiative that could help turn that all around. This new initiative would help expand curricular and extracurricular math activities.
What would it take for you to be interested in math? See how this new initiative helps students:
New initiative in South Dakota aims to engage more students in math.
The initiative helps by adding new programs and even supplemental materials to engage the students in mathematics. It will help establish more math clubs for the middle school students and increase the number of middle school math competitions that are hosted at SD Mine from only one a year to hosting four a year. If you want to learn more about the initiative, please read more in this article.
Middle school is when many students begin to lose interest in math, said RCAS Superintendent Lori Simon and SDSM&T President, Dr. Heather Wilson. 17 percent of South Dakota students in grades 7 through 12 choose science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning plans.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Rapid City Area Schools are collaborating on a new initiative which aims to keep middle school students interested in mathematics
- Middle school is when students begin to lose interest in both math and STEM subjects and careers as a whole.
- The partnership will include a math teacher during the summer and School of Mines educator part-time to increase the number of co-curricular math activities offered to students.
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