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Show At Summer Workshop Teachers To Learn New Math School District. Dr. Earl Catmull, curriculum supervisor in mathematics mathe-matics for the district, felt that elementary school teachers were unprepared to teach the new math. Last summer's session illustrated just how important and necessary it is and will be for the teachers to be formally trained in the techniques tech-niques of modern math. In the past, universities and col leges have required little or no training in the mathematics for the elementary school teacher. Institutions Insti-tutions across the nation are holding hold-ing similar workshops. Most of these are sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Educators believe be-lieve that this retraining of teachers teach-ers is the only solution to the problem prob-lem of undating mathematics in the elementary school. By VANDKA HUBER Clironicle Staff Writer Sets? Adding in the base five? The distributive law? Modern mathematics in the past few years has shown a radical change. No longer is the elementary school pupil taught the traditional one apple plus one apple minus two apples. Instead the emphasize is on "modern math." Modern math is simply a new approach to mathematics which teachers and educators across the country are finding out works wonders won-ders and simplifies math concepts for elementary students. Unfortunately, Unfortun-ately, modern math is as foreign to most teachers as it is to the parent. In-service Institute Under the sponsorship of the National Na-tional Science Foundation, the University Uni-versity of Utah and the Granite School District have set up a summer sum-mer "in-service institute to try to remedy the situation. More than 150 Granite District elementary teachers will participate in a five week comprehensive math workshop. work-shop. Lasting from June 10 - July 19, the workshop will deal with all aspects of modern math teaching. The 1968 session is the second in a two year trial workshop. Under the direction of Dr. Keith Reed, University Mathematics Department, Depart-ment, the workshop will be divided into two sections. Teachers who participated in last year's program will take an advanced and more complex course. An estimated 100 teachers will be introduced to the modern math. Unprepared to Teach The program began in 1966 under un-der the sponsorship of the Granite |
