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Features of the CPMP Curriculum
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Content
Each year of the curriculum advances students' understanding of mathematics along interwoven strands of algebra and functions, geometry and trigonometry, statistics and probability, and discrete mathematics. These strands are unified by fundamental themes, by common topics, and by mathematical habits of mind or ways of thinking. Mathematical Modeling The curriculum emphasizes mathematical modeling, including the processes of data collection, representation, interpretation, prediction, and simulation. Access and Challenge The curriculum is designed to make mathematics accessible to more students, while at the same time challenging the most able students. Differences in students' performance and interest can be accommodated by the depth and level of abstraction to which core topics are pursued, by the nature and degree of difficulty of applications, and by providing opportunities for student choice on homework tasks and projects. |
  Short clips of classrooms are available at Parent Support: CPMP Classrooms. |
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Technology
Numeric, graphic, and symbolic manipulation capabilities such as those found on many graphing calculators are assumed and appropriately used throughout the curriculum. The curriculum materials also include a suite of computer software called CPMP-Tools that provide powerful aids to learning mathematics and solving mathematical problems. This use of technology permits the curriculum and instruction to emphasize multiple representations (verbal, numerical, graphical, and symbolic) and to focus on goals in which mathematical thinking and problem solving are central. Active Learning Instructional materials promote active learning and teaching centered around collaborative investigations of problem situations followed by teacher-led whole class summarizing activities that lead to analysis, abstraction, and further application of underlying mathematical ideas and principles. Students are actively engaged in exploring, conjecturing, verifying, generalizing, applying, proving, evaluating, and communicating mathematical ideas. Multi-dimensional Assessment Comprehensive assessment of student understanding and progress through both curriculum-embedded and supplementary assessment tasks supports instruction and enables monitoring and evaluation of each student's performance in terms of mathematical processes, content, and dispositions. |
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