草榴社区

aerial view of Western's campus at night, with golden lights surrounded by dark trees

Markworth writes math book for PreK to second grade students

Kimberly Markworth, an associate professor of mathematics at Western Washington University, recently had a book published. It's a .

Markworth was asked a couple of years ago by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to write two volumes of seasonal problem-solving tasks that align with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. She recruited a couple other math educators at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, to work with her.

The second volume (with tasks aligned to grades 3 to 5) should be released by April 2016.