What is different about this teacher- training program from the usual workshops that teachers attend?
A. Teachers do not just observe, but are active participants in working with students. Teachers learn how to lead students to discover why things work for themselves. Math dramas and hands-on activities introduce students to the scientific method mathematically—as students compute examples, discover patterns, make conjectures, and then justify the rules or theorems they have formulated. The classroom becomes problem-centered, not answer-centered. Mathematics comes alive as a dynamic subject used to model real problems, and teachers are energized with the excitement they bring to their teaching.
