|Math in a Cultural Context (MCC) is a supplemental elementary school math series. The math modules that compose MCC are the result of a rather extraordinary collaboration of educators, Yup’ik elders and teachers, mathematicians and math educators, and Alaskan school districts.
This collaboration spans nearly two decades of work: forming meaningful relationships between the parties of this work to producing not only culturally relevant materials that connect local knowledge to school knowledge, include integrated materials (literacy, geography, and science), and according to rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental designs used in numerous studies found MCC to be effective. This website introduces you to this work.
MCC consists of:
• 10 supplemental math modules from 2nd grade to 7th grade
• 8 stories that accompany the modules
• CD’s and DVD’s that show exemplary cases of teachers using MCC to elders’ demonstrating their knowledge
• In preparation is a Guide to Using MCC