We are thrilled to announce our first partner school PLUS: Escola Básica e Secundária Pintor José de Brito in Portugal! The school has been using MathCityMap actively in their lessons and tested the student accounts multiple times. They have sent us a short report on their recent experiences:
„Working in pairs, the students of a 10th-grade class created tasks covering various topics. Initially, they experienced difficulties, not in using the application, but in creating the task statements. These difficulties were gradually overcome with the teacher’s help, although she allowed them to create the tasks freely.
Ten of the tasks created by the students were selected to form a trail, with code 0831714, which
was applied to two other classes at the school. The students who completed the trail were more enthusiastic than usual because the tasks had been created by their peers rather than by the teacher. The students who created the tasks were also curious to know their classmates’ opinions about their work.“
The PARTNER SCHOOL PLUS badge is a new distinction for partner schools that actively engage their students in creating real-world math tasks. It also comes with a new set of measureing tools. To find out how to become a partner school or partner school PLUS, visit the partner school network page.
We thank Escola Básica e Secundária Pintor José de Brito for their continuous work with MCM and are looking forward to keep working together! The package with the partner school PLUS badge and the measuring tools is on the way to Portugal.