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= UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL = = Regional Science Resource Center Web Site Info =

This link was created as a resource for middle school and high school mathematics teachers. Our goal is to provide support in learning mathematics for all students-general education, special education, English language learners, and gifted and talented. In 1998, teachers in Leominster, MA Public Schools began integrating the use of the Rule of Four and Multiple Representations—numerical, graphical, algebraic, and verbal—into our math classes.

Since that time, we’ve created and shared them with teachers from across Massachusetts through professional development offered through The Regional Science Resource Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (Curriculum Coordinators Network, Advanced Placement Calculus Network), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s **//Increasing Accessibility to Algebra and Geometry//** Summer Institutes, and at local, regional & national levels the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conferences.

Once you have downloaded the materials following the directions below, you will find 4 folders containing graphic organizers (G.O.), matching activities, math labs and more in multiple formats: Microsoft Word, PDF, and jpeg pictures. The files can be opened and printed as is or sized, copied, and pasted into documents as needed.

The folders are: __G.O. Folder 1 Grade 5-Pre-Calc__ __G.O. Folder 2 Calculus__ __Labs Folder 1 Algebra-PreCalc__ __Labs Folder 2 Calculus__

To learn how to use the Graphic Organizers and Math Labs, you should first access the Teacher Notes on G.O. in the first folder: __G.O. Folder 1 Grade 5-Pre-Calc__. You’ll find directions for using Rule of 4 Link Sheets, Sorting, Concept Splashes, Webs, Frayer Models, and Math Labs to help you get started.

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