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Talent Development Secondary’s mathematics program encourages students’ conceptual understanding of key ideas that underlie all high school mathematics and sharpens their overall basic mathematical skills.
Our mathematics initiative challenges students to. . .
In the mid 1990s, a team of researchers and practitioners from Johns Hopkins University collaborated with high school teachers and administrators at Patterson High School in Baltimore, MD to develop solutions for helping 9th-grade students succeed in Algebra I. Borne from the initial research was Transition to Advanced Mathematics (TAM), a course strategically designed to prepare students for Algebra I. After TAM’s initial implementation at Patterson High School, the course was implemented in other schools in Baltimore and Philadelphia. By early 2000, schools from New York to New Orleans were using Transition to Advanced Mathematics.
While conducting our initial research and continuing curriculum development, it became evident that students were benefiting not only from the TAM curriculum but also from its teaching and instructional strategies. Increasing numbers of students completing algebra created a need for Talent Development to continue its mathematics course sequence. TDS Mathematics Initiative developed two new courses Geometry Foundations and Algebra II Foundations.
These double-dose courses give students the extra support for success in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. Research shows that the TDS classroom model, combined with our research-driven curriculum, helps teachers teach students mathematics, and engages students to want to learn mathematics.
Talent Development Secondary supports evidenced-based mathematics curricula that meet the Common Core Standards for the middle grades. Talent Development Secondary’s Math Acceleration Lab is an innovative course that combines computer-assisted instruction, cooperative learning, and team tutorial assistance to increase students’ mathematical procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, and language development. Small groups of students attend the lab during the school day for 10 to 20 weeks.
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Transition to Advanced Mathematics (TAM) was the first course designed by the TD Mathematics Initiative team. In conjunction with Algebra I, TAM offers students a year-long “double-dose” of mathematics instruction. TAM challenges students to think through and understand what they are doing, learn from one another, communicate and respect ideas, and make connections between mathematics and the world. Research has shown that TAM prepares students for the rigorous sequence of standards-based high school mathematics courses. Read more…
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Geometry Foundations (GF) offers the same beneficial “double-dose” strategy to geometry students as TAM. GF reviews basic algebraic skills and fosters students’ conceptual understanding of key ideas in high school geometry. Read more…
GF helps students:
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Algebra II Foundations (AIIF) is a research-based course combining traditional and innovative teaching strategies. AIIF is designed to help students build the “habits of mind” needed for success in Algebra II. The course emphasizes the connections between numeric representation, graphic representation, and algebraic notation. Read more…
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Career Academy Blended Mathematics (CABM) is a series of exciting in–depth, multi–day projects that align with geometric, algebraic, and trigonometric topics found in every high school mathematics class. Read more…
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Years of dedicated research, data, and best practices led the TDS Mathematics Initiative team to develop a variety of multi-media teaching aides & strategies, resources, information, and videos. Talent Development’s support and professional development helps ensure every teacher has the most up-to-date tools and resources to implement any TDS course successfully .
Students showed dramatic gains in algebra credits: Talent Development schools nearly doubled the percentage of students earning credits in Algebra I, a primary gatekeeper course for grade promotion and graduation. (Source: 2005 MDRC report)
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