UPCOMING EVENT: April 26th - 27th

CLTW Announces the 2007 RESEARCH FORUM

As Fellows and Faculty work on research to better understand achievement gaps, and measure the impact of strategies to narrow achievement gaps, CLTW prepares to convene its fifth year of formal paper and poster presentations. The Forum will begin at 8:30 AM on April 26th at the Student Union in Room 275-76 and conclude by 2:00 PM on April 27th.

Click here for Research Briefs and/or the Research Abstracts which will be presented at this year's forum. By April 16th the 2007 Agenda will be available for information on the schedule of presentations. For further information contact the MSU Center for Learning and Teaching office at 406-994-6768.

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Center for Teaching and Learning in the West Mission:

CLTW is creating a community of graduates, faculty, and educators who are dedicated to improving mathematics and science education in the nations’ schools so that they nurture the natural inquiring minds of children and youth. Our program prepares graduates to influence educational change to ensure that all students develop questioning and problem solving skills essential to succeeding in science and mathematics courses and inspires them to seek opportunities to achieve social and environmental justice and sustainability of the world’s resources.

CLTW Guiding Philosophy

A Course of Study and Research Agenda that:

• Responds to culture and learning in a dynamically changing American population
• Builds bridges and makes connections between scientists, mathematicians, and educators
• Builds community among faculty and students across different and diverse institutions of higher education
• Creates opportunities to engage graduate students, faculty and K-12 teachers in mutually beneficial relationships to facilitate relevant improvements in learning and teaching science and mathematics
• Honors quality research and recognizes that valid and functional research incorporates multiple models and methodologies for creating and disseminating knowledge
• Strengthens the influence of research for educational change at classroom, school, and district, state and federal levels.
• Requires research that will help us understand and promote K-20 student learning and achievement in mathematics and science in high-need populations.

An Approach to Learning and Teaching that:

• Honors the cultural and community contexts that shape the identity and experience of all our students
• Recognizes and builds on the various disciplines informing their graduate studies
• Fosters development of learning communities through on-line instruction and discourse and annual meetings
• Engages students in school and community based activities to enhance learning