Building is a natural use of math. Building To
Teach is an experiential learning program that uses the building process to excite students about math and teach them the
math skills they need to pursue jobs in math-related fields like construction,
accounting, engineering and computer science. Our results-oriented, hands-on
teaching methods have been developed and refined over 18 years at the
Alexandria Seaport Foundation (ASF) in Alexandria, VA, where young people learn
practical math through boat building.
Building To
Teach was developed by ASF to bring these hands-on teaching methods and materials to a national community
of instructors, employers and students. The Building To Teach approach is founded
on experience with students who have not only improved their math skills, but come to realize that math can be useful to them, through collaborative building
projects that are engaging, challenging and rewarding.
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See where Building To Teach instructors are implementing the program
Learn more about Building To Teach
Director Joe Youcha
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Our Mission Building To Teach enables students to
learn math through hands-on projects: opening the door to higher
education and better jobs.
Our Vision
Reintroduce the building process as a teaching tool
Use and train undervalued and underutilized networks of math instructors
Build an engaged community of trainers, volunteer tutor/mentors, instructors and students
Help
change the way math is taught in America in order to excite young
people about math, improve their math proficiency and prepare them for
jobs that use math
Building is a natural use of math. Building To
Teach is an experiential learning program that uses the building process to excite students about math and teach them the
math skills they need to pursue jobs in math-related fields like construction,
accounting, engineering and computer science. Our results-oriented, hands-on
teaching methods have been developed and refined over 18 years at the
