MHEC Grant Motivation

• Higher Level, "more advanced" courses for Middle School teachers
  • Later manifestation: link to MSME; doubles as "lower level HS track"

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• Increase the total number of ADEPT courses/credit hours
  
  
• Increase the total number of ADEPT credit hours
  
  
• Match MD state recommendation for 24 credit hours
  
  
  • Allow for variety of options for pre/inservice teachers with various background/already existing knowledge.

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• A course with emphasis on proofs, higher reasoning, more abstract thinking
  
  
• A course to enhance "Cartesian Literacy" (college freshmen in Calculus-I can't understand/interpret graphs)