Mission

Develop model programs and self-sustaining learning communities that engage Texas K-12 students from all backgrounds in doing mathematics at a high level.

Undergraduates participate as mentors for K-12 students in summer and school-year programs, while themselves being mentored by school teachers with whom they work. Inservice teachers work in Math Inquiry Groups supported by master teachers and faculty from Mathworks. Japanese lesson study enables students and teachers to develop best teaching practice, while providing a setting that encourages teachers to take risks, to promote discovery learning, and to challenge all students to excel at a higher level in mathematics.

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Vision

Be a nationally recognized leader for innovative and research-based model programs that significantly improve mathematics education.

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Program Results

The program serves students from all over Texas, as well as the nation.  Teacher training centers are located in McAllen, and San Marcos.

Mathworks alumni continue at colleges such as MIT, Caltech, Rice, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of Texas, Texas A&M, and many others; with over 60% majoring in math, science, and engineering.

 

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Honors Summer Math Camp Demographics

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Junior Summer Math Camp Demographics

Teacher Training

The Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test was given as a pre-test and post-test for the summer program. Results are summarized in Table 2 below. Analysis of these tests indicate substantial gains in student math competence. Results were analyzed using a paired difference t-test, with a P-value less than 0.001 (to 3 significant digits), which confirmed that there was a 99.999% probability that the increase in scores did not occur through chance. In short, the improvement in scores was statistically significant.

Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test