Griffin Regional Educational Service Agency Expands Implementation of Conceptua(R) Fractions
Successful Pilot Program Leads 33 Schools to Choose Online Curriculum for Best Practices in Math
(firmenpresse) - PETALUMA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/06/12 -- Conceptua Math (), the leader in online visually-interactive math curriculum, announced today the expansion of Conceptua Fractions in the Griffin Regional Educational Service Agency (GRESA) and Metro-South Georgia Learning Resources System (GLRS) in Griffin, GA. After a successful pilot, GRESA and Metro-South GLRS are increasing the usage of Conceptua Math's program to 2,050 students in grades 3-8 across 33 regional schools.
Conceptua Fractions "bridges that gap toward higher student achievement by helping teachers teach fractions effectively for sense-making with visual, manipulative models," explains Beth Gaff, Principal of Crescent Elementary School in Griffin, Georgia. "Students master fractional concepts and big ideas, as well as gain confidence in their learning."
Students use Conceptua's Guided Lessons to deepen their mathematical understanding with virtual manipulatives and hand-crafted lessons. Teachers use daily Lesson Openers and Closers to engage the class in rich discussions. Teachers and students come together around Conceptua's Adaptive Teaching Technology to address student errors and assign pre-made remediation lessons. CEO Arjan Khalsa explains, "The leadership at Griffin is effectively partnering with us to pursue a shared mission. We all want students to achieve while we keep the teacher in the equation."
Mary Elizabeth Mendenhall, a Griffin RESA Math Consultant for more than 150 schools, explains how Conceptua Fractions promotes best practices. "The concrete to representational to abstract process embedded within Conceptua Math utilizes best practices. It lets students progress at their own pace, which allows teachers to differentiate the learning easily. Short formative assessments quickly allow the teachers to make good instructional decisions on what to do next -- pre-skill, remediation, additional practice, or progress forward."
Mrs. Mendenhall is providing professional development to implement the Common Core Standards of Mathematical Practice in a multi-year mathematics initiative. She states, Conceptua Fractions "allows the teacher to ask questions for student understanding. The students have a platform to discuss the mathematics where they can explain and critique the reasoning of others and make sense of the math. These models are the only way good teaching can occur."
Conceptua Math, an innovator in online K-8 math curriculum, was founded by a team of educational publishing and research leaders with a mission to transform the teaching and learning of mathematics. Conceptua Math uses patent-pending technologies to bid farewell to the traditional print textbook and usher in a new era where both teachers and students use visually-interactive curriculum to master difficult math topics. For more information, visit or phone 888-768-MATH. an online version of this press release.
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