School Description

Math Potentials is an independent local educational organization operating in the lower mainland. Our mission is to inspire and educate children to enjoy and experience success in doing mathematics. In our programs, children are engaged in the mathematical work designed to develop their mathematical competencies, such as the ability to solve problems, reason well, think logically, communicate mathematically, employ mathematical modeling and visualization, and make connections among various mathematical ideas. Students realize real gains in their mathematical achievement, and they become confident in their mathematical abilities. We teach grade 5-12 students, and our curriculum and teaching methods address the needs that young people have for their intellectual development (i.e. wanting to know, enjoying figuring out things, being curious about mathematical relationships). Coherent curriculum, based on problem solving, geometry, and the big ideas of mathematics is what guides the content of our courses. Expert instruction with guidance and a focus on student thinking are the hallmarks of our teaching methods. We create a learning environment in which students are encouraged to express and share their mathematical ideas, and are then guided and supported to have these ideas evolve into a well-founded mathematical knowledge.