Center for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
The Center for Teaching and Learning Mathematics (CTLM) at the University of Northern Iowa relies on research to develop and deliver graduate-level courses tailored to the needs of practicing teachers.
The CTLM also creates summer camps for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and trains teachers to deliver these camps in their home school districts.
The CTLM maintains a free repository of over 200 online videos and accompanying print resources for students, teachers, and families. These videos and resources focus on mathematics and literacy content, as well as early childhood education and parenting children on the autism spectrum.
The following videos provide a clearer sense of the work of the CTLM.
Making Sense of Mathematics and Teaching: Kindergarten - 8th
In 2016, the CTLM partnered with the Mascoutah School District in Mascoutah, Illinois through a Department of Defense Education Activity Grant. This grant provided graduate-level professional development courses designed to help K-8 teachers deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts and support their implementation of research-based teaching strategies.
This video, Making Sense of Mathematics and Teaching in Mascoutah, describes the work of the grant and highlights changes that occurred in the district as a result of the series of Making Sense of Mathematics and Teaching: K-8 courses delivered by CTLM facilitators to Mascoutah teachers.
Teaching Mathematics to Struggling Learners
In 2014, the CTLM received funding from the state of Iowa to develop, deliver, and evaluate graduate-level professional development courses designed to help elementary teachers provide research-based, high-quality instruction to students struggling in mathematics. In 2018, the CTLM was invited to share our Teaching Mathematics to Struggling Learners program through the 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase. This video, STEM for All UNI CTLM TMSL Story, describes both how the Teaching Mathematics to Struggling Learners series of four courses was developed, and how the courses had an effect on teachers and their students.
M-Cubed (Mascoutah Math Mania) Summer Camp
As part of the 2016 Department of Defense Education Activity grant, the CTLM developed and delivered the Mascoutah Math Mania (M-Cubed) Summer Mathematics Camp. Offered to students in grades 4 through 7, the camp provides students with the opportunity to improve mathematical fluency, to deepen number sense, and to change their mindsets regarding how they perceive themselves as mathematicians.