How effective or long-lasting can a week-long, half-day program be?
One of SAI’s unique strengths is its emphasis on using algebra to illustrate several important principles – “grand ideas” – that unify and connect mathematics across grades and topics. What we teach in relation to algebra also applies to other topics like place value, basic arithmetic facts, and fractions. As one mother wrote to us, “My daughter loved the algebra and she also has shown so much improvement in fractions and place value as well.” A 3rd grade student who learns these principles will be able to use them repeatedly throughout elementary school and junior high. Students also learn algebra in ways that “turn them on to math” by seeing some of the interesting and cool aspects of mathematics.
