The Math Forum @ Drexel Launches Financial Education in the Math Classroom
The Math Forum @ Drexel, the nations’ leading online math education community, announces the launch of their Financial Education in the Math Classroom website. A free online workshop for teachers is being offered through the site and will take place February 3 – March 16. See http://mathforum.org/fe/courses/ for more information.
The site serves as a sound resource for math educators and features problems, definitions and explanations of financial concepts, plus quizzes and tools on topics including:
Financial Education in the Math Classroom includes content that complements math lessons already being taught to students in grades six through 12. Teachers can interact with each other and share information on the site’s discussion board and blog.
“Today’s school-aged children have witnessed the financial turmoil in this country over the past several years and many have been directly impacted by the consequences,” according to Stephen Weimar Director of the Math Forum. “Existing math curricula do not adequately incorporate financial education. We’ve created a site to make it easier for math teachers to use finance problems, tools and concepts in their lessons.”
Tom Thunstrom, Senior Program Manager for Operation Hope explains, “I am very hopeful that the Financial Education in the Math Classroom website will support teachers so that they can educate children about financial responsibility from an early age, and arm them with the tools they’ll need to make sound fiscal decisions as adults.”
FINRA Foundation President John Gannon adds, “Mathematics proficiency is an important component of financial capability. We know that students get excited about math when they have opportunities to apply math concepts to meaningful situations in their lives. This project makes math engaging and relevant for students, and it helps teachers equip students with essential skills to be money savvy.”
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation, which provides underserved Americans with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life, awarded The Math Forum @ Drexel a $285,000 grant to create the Financial Education in the Math Classroom website and professional development program.
For more information, visit www.mathforum.org/fe/ and follow Financial Education in the Math Classroom on Twitter @mathforumFinEd.