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Arts/Math Integration Project
Lessons Learned
We narrowed survey results down to 5 lessons learned. Below are links to the full details and you can read what teachers had to say about the projects. At the bottom is a link to the full survey.
The Art/Math Integration project consisted of 6 High School teachers, 2 College faculty members, 1 Writer/Trainer on A/M modules and 1 Regional Math Coordinator. Of the 10 participants there were 7 current or former Math teachers and 3 current or former Art teachers. All participants had a minimum of 10 years classroom experience.
Please click on the lessons below for detailed examples.
- Lesson one: Build in time for on-going student feedback and student-led planning.
- Lesson two: Build interdisciplinary courses and modules around established, agreed upon standards for each content area.
- Lesson three: Leverage existing school structures, policies and schedules to help ensure implementation and sustainability of arts/math modules.
- Lesson four: View interdisciplinary work as a unique opportunity to re-examine a discipline’s big ideas, teaching approaches, and the use of tasks and examples.
- Lesson five: A strong case needs to be explicitly made for how interdisciplinary efforts support and connect to district and student achievement goals.
