Click on the ten topics below to learn about ST Math's Summer Immersion program.

Schemas are neural networks - our brain’s way of organizing our thoughts and experiences. The puzzles, activities, problem solving, and discussions in the ST Math Summer Immersion program support students in revising, extending and building new schema around mathematics concepts. View this video to learn more about schema.

Read more about schema:

• Schemas are Key to Deep Conceptual Understanding

• Mathematical Coherence with ST Math

The perception-action cycle is the continuous flow of information and action between the brain and the world around it. On and on it goes: sense, predict, act, adjust, sense, predict, act, adjust. This cycle is the foundation of our award-winning ST Math program. Check out this video to learn more about the perception-action cycle and ST Math.

Read more about the cycle:

• What the Perception-Action Cycle Tells us About How the Brain Learns

• Success and Failure: How Growth Mindset Can Change Education

Facilitation plays a pivotal role in creating a classroom rich with academic discourse. Effective facilitation promotes, deepens, and supports students' thinking as they grapple with concepts and build understanding. Click through the slides to learn more.

Read more about discourse:

• How ST Math’s Problem Solving Process Develops Social Emotional Learning Skills

• Using the Art of Facilitation to Become a Better Math Teacher

An asset-based approach focuses on the student’s strengths and talents instead of their deficits which is crucial to bringing equity in education. Math is from everywhere, in everything, and for everyone. ST Math Summer Immersion uses an asset-based approach to instruction through diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Click through the slides to learn more.

The facilitation of Puzzle Talks has been intentionally designed to develop students’ identity and agency as math thinkers. The Immersion Lesson plans include guidance and some great tips for leading an effective Puzzle Talk. For facilitation to be effective we must purposefully plan the types of questions we are going to ask ahead of time. 

Watch in this video as a 1st grade teacher guides her students through a Puzzle Talk.

The use of Instructional Stations in the classroom provides a great learning model to engage students in collaborative learning, build student agency and accountability, and to provide opportunities for personalized instruction. ST Math Summer Immersion engages students in four instructional stations as part of the curriculum.

Learn more about the Instructional Stations in this Immersion Station Rotation Experience.

Engaging students in discussions around the problem solving activities is a great way to explore connections, expand perspectives, and have students check and challenge each other. Click through the slide deck then watch the video to learn more about sharing student work.

ST Math Summer Immersion offers optional assessments: a pre- & post-assessment to use in the first and last module; weekly pre- & post-quizzes for the first and last day of each module. These assessments monitor student progress and inform instructional decisions. Your team decides whether to administer these assessments and how to use the results.

One way that ST Math Immersion helps students build strong schema around mathematics, as they also develop perseverance, confidence, and agency, is with the Problem Solving Journal. The Journal serves as a student portfolio - a compilation of the academic work completed during the program including: My Thinking Path, Problem of the Day, Exit Ticket, and ST Math Puzzle Reflections.

Encourage students to reflect on their learning at the end of each module. The Problem Solving Journal will help your students as they:

• Unpack their thinking
• Examine their mistakes
• Apply their hypothesis

Take a look inside a 3rd Grade Problem Solving Journal!

ST Math Immersion concludes its program with the Learning Showcase and Celebration. The purpose is to provide students an opportunity to show what they know. It is a great way to show-off all the information students have learned during ST Math Immersion by extending an invitation to families, community members, district leaders, teachers, peers and school board members to celebrate and hear from students.

Here are just a few of the resources provided for the Learning Showcase and Celebration. Click on each for a closer look.