The Algorithm Collection Project
(ACP)
is Coordinated by
The purpose of the Algorithm Collection Project is to collect and disseminate alternative
algorithms in mathematical problem solving from all over the world. We are
honored to have received a Pedagogy Enhancement Award for 2003-2004 from
the
The Center
for Teaching and Learning at California State University.
Currently, at this stage of the project, participants are gathering
and studying the four basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division) in arithmetic. We are interested in the unique links
between language and the algorithms we use to solve problems. Much of the data collected has
been gleaned from interviews from newly arrived immigrant adolescent high
school students to Northern California. The next stage of
the Algorithm Collection Project will look at other aspects of classroom
mathematics as done by teachers and students in many countries.
We are extremely interested in learning how you
may have learned and do:
- The basic arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division;
- Memorization of basic facts;
- Algebra;
- Geometry.
If you would like to participate in this collection, please go
to the templates or contact:
Daniel Orey, Coordinator
The Algorithm Collection Project
408 Eureka Hall
College of
Education
California State University, Sacramento
600 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6079