Jo shared the results of our initial summer camp, held on Stanford’s campus, in an article for NCTM’s magazine: Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, volume 16, issue 112, pages 968-976, and in a UK policy journal.
A paper published in the international journal: Frontiers in Education, reports upon a study in which teachers across the US implemented youcubed summer camps. The results showed that students significantly improved their achievement on a standardized mathematics test at the end of camp and achieved significantly higher mathematics grades in the following school year. Analysis showed that the mindset mathematics teaching approach, specifically students’ experiences with open tasks, was a significant factor in changing mindsets and engagement with mathematics. Read the full article on the Frontiers in Education website.
A paper published in the international journal Education Sciences, reports upon a study of the teacher change that occurred when teachers taught the camps. The study showed that after teaching the summer camp teachers transferred many of the practices into their teaching in the following school year, particularly posing open tasks, giving students ample time to collaborate, and asking questions that pushed students to reason. Read the study in Education Sciences.
