Understanding a Project-Based Curriculum

We believe that our problems are quite wonderful and will inspire creative activity from both students and teachers. But how well do they work in the classroom?

We have obtained a SSHRC Insight Development Grant to help us answer this question.

Winter term 2020

Starting in February we will be going into a few selected Grade 11 (MCR3U) classrooms to observe and document the activity of teachers and students and get their views on the RabbitMath learning process.

In preparation for this we will hold a teacher’s workshop at the University of Ottawa on Saturday January 18. Further details will appear on the website soon. This of course is for all interested teachers, even those who just want to learn a bit more about RabbitMath.

We invite any interested teacher who has a Grade 11 class (MCR3U) this year to get in touch with us and consider joining the project. The curriculum consists of 16 “one-week” projects and you are free to do them all or pick and choose. These days we are busy putting additional support structures in place (assignments, videos, simulations). At the end of August, we held a workshop in Ottawa with some 30 teachers in attendance. The general feedback was that the problems were challenging for both students and teachers, and that the activities and challenges were what our students and teachers deserve.

Next year (2020-21) we will develop our Grade 12 project and will again be looking for participating teachers. It will not be necessary that the students in this second year will have been part of the Grade 11 project. Teacher workshops for this will be held in both Ottawa and Toronto in late August 2020.

Interested in getting involved or learning more?