Virginia Mathematics Teacher Fall 2016

Sharing the Knowledge: AMessage from the Editor Dr. Agida Manizade

We are pleased to introduce this special issue of the Virginia Mathematics Teacher journal, focused on Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) grants

64, and the Hexachallenge, page 14. We also invite you to read the Technology Review and Good Reads columns. Please consider applying for our

sponsored by the Department of Education for the past six years. These awards have been granted to 25 institutions, from universities to public schools. More than 70 teams of educators have received this funding and have worked tirelessly to improve the state of mathematics education in the Commonwealth. As funding will cease in 2018, our editorial staff have decided that

featured grant on page 32, and join us at the conferences listed here. If you have never participated in the journal, consider acting as a reviewer for a future issue, or writing an article based on your experiences. We believe sharing experiences based on reflective practices is one of the most effective ways of

distributing professional knowledge.

If

you are interested, please see the call for

mathematics teachers should hear about these projects, and have access to the products created by the teams. This can allow teachers across the Commonwealth to access and effectively utilize the educational products in their own classrooms. We invited every Principal Investigator (PI) to submit an article briefly describing their project and any information which would be helpful to practicing teachers. You can find a list of the projects, PIs, and their contact information, provided by the Department of Education, on page 40. In addition to the articles related to the special issue, the normal recurring sections and challenges are included in this issue. Please participate and invite your friends to answer Busting Blockbusters, page

manuscripts on page 44. Thank for your continued interest in our publication, and please enjoy this special issue.

Agida Manizade, Ph. D. Editor in Chief, Virginia Mathematics Teacher vmt@radford.edu

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