1. Intel® Math

2. The Intel Math Program is a nation-wide content- based professional development program for K-8 teachers.
The 80-hour course has been implemented since and has reached over 1,400 teachers.
For , we are in seven states (AZ, CA, IL, MA, NJ, NM, & PA)

4. Course Basics 80 hour professional development course
For K-8 mathematics teachers
Emphasis on deepening the conceptual understanding of mathematics through exploration, inquiry activities, solution sharing, and homework
90% math content & 10% math pedagogy
Co-teaching model  1 mathematician instructor mathematics educator instructor

5. Course Themes Mathematics is problem solving
Arithmetic, geometry, & algebra are interconnected
There are many ways to solve a problem

6. Intel Math is not…
Intel Math is…
…remediation
…deeply conceptual
…make and take activities
…for building the foundational knowledge of teachers
…only focused on the math a particular teacher teaches
…about the coherent whole of K-8 mathematics

7. Evaluation Partnered with WestEd since 2007
Learning Mathematics for Teaching / Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Tool
Intel Math Content Survey
Attitude Survey

8. LMT / MKT Findings

9. LMT / MKT Findings con’t
Effect size was small to moderate
Statistically significant, given the sample size

10. IMC Findings

11. IMC Findings con’t Average teacher score rose 17%
All cohorts showed statistically significant gains

12. What about the Common Core?
Currently working on an alignment document to be completed in Spring

13. Questions? Aubrey Neihaus aneihaus@math.arizona.edu
The instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown are not an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.