MHEC Grant

• Eisenhower Funds (via Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC))

• 1 year period

• No tuition coverage

• Funds for technology -- TI Voyage 200 -- for participating counties

• Teaching Assistants

• Modified Lesson Plans

• Curricular Binders

• $95,000 (Downloads for PI; Stipends for course developers; for consultants; TAs pay for adjunct faculty replacements; teacher stipends/costs for summer 03 capstone; travel; materials/supplies/technology budget

• Two Courses:

  • Mathematical Reasoning for Middle School Teachers (incl. Discrete)

  • The Cartesian Triad: Algebra, Geometry, and the Cartesian Plane ("Cartesian Literacy")