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Project SEED
Project SEED Wikipedia Article

Reason for potential updates: Project SEED no longer exists.

Project SEED was a mathematics education program which worked in school districts across the United States. Project SEED was a nonprofit organization that worked in partnership with school districts, universities, foundations, and corporations to teach advanced math to elementary and middle school students as a supplement to their regular math instruction. Project SEED also provided professional development for classroom teachers. Founded in 1963 by William F. Johntz, its primary goal was to use mathematics to increase the educational options of low-achieving, at-risk students.

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Project SEED was primarily a mathematics instruction program delivered to intact classes of elementary and middle school students, many from low-income backgrounds, to better prepare them for high school and college math. SEED Instruction utilized the Socratic method, in which instructors used a question-and-answer approach to guide students to the discovery of mathematical principles. g