CyMath is a free mathematics mentoring and tutoring program that provides weekly support during the school year to older elementary school students (with plans to follow them through the school years). Its goal is to increase the number of students from populations underrepresented in Engineering and Computing, that are academically prepared to take algebra by seventh grade. Most tutors are volunteer graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science (CS), and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Iowa State University. Some tutors, and the lead tutoring and program assistant, are undergrads from Elementary Education.

Because of the cumulative nature of mathematics education, CyMath strives to complement it at an early age by providing small-group tutoring and at-home resources. Starting the interventions in 3rd grade, and following the students through the school years, allows tutors to fill in the learning gap while it is still small. We aim to get students excited about mathematics and proficient with the curriculum to ensure they are prepared to pursue and thrive in math-intensive majors and degrees in college. Some of the CyMath content is modeled after the Algebra by 7th Grade (Ab7G) program of Purdue University.

Check out the CyMath tutoring and other activities calendar

Prof. Namrata Vaswani, Dr. Mohamed Selim

Graduate Student Tutors: Sarah McCarty (Math),  Seonghun (Hun) Son (ECpE), Jiabin Lin (ECpE), Ruoyu Meng (ECpE), Yingchao (Kat) Zhou (Stat), Yan-Han (Henry) Chen (Stat), Chevonne McInnis (AerE, ECpE), Rebeka Sultana (ECpE), Silpa Babu (ECpE),  Susanne ChitYing (Stat),  Vrinda GIrimaji (ECpE), Michael Chen (Comp Sci), David Walker (Stat)

Undergraduate Tutors: Hae Tha Lay Paw