• “…even if they're very abstract, can appear to be almost visual, intuitive"

Music = other art form related to music

“…mathematical relationships between…frequency [and] notes”

Both have constants

and variables

Art provides other testing formatOther testing format

Ex: Designing a geometric theme park

Introduce CPMP

• f

Four Courses

that increase in difficulty

• f

Courses1-3: Algebra – Pre-Calc

Course 4: More detail

+ Calculus

“CPMP [students]…more positively disposed toward mathematics…”

CPMP builds stronger understanding

Increasedinterest in math

CPMP incorporates Realistic Math Education

RME takes advantage of one carefully chosen problem

Develop math skills while

solving

Teaches “Guided

Reinvention

Guided Reinvention – encouraging student’s own methods for solving math

CPMP is cooperative

Group work encouraged

help…

…and allowed student to see others tackle problems

“…because of CPMP…took third year of math”

What do the opponents say?

• Why change what is working?

Comfortable with current curriculum

Confidence in movement is

shaken

“Reincarnation of ‘new math’ movement”

Both stem from

societal discontent

Both added new content to K-12 curriculum

“New math” focused on set theory and rigorous proof (deductive reasoning

Current reform focuses on real-world application

through experimentation

“new math” failed

miserably

• What are the differences?

Pedagogy (art of teaching)

“New math” wanted students “actively participate in the construction of knowledge”

Our movement desires students discover their own, personal knowledge

These differences warrant a chance for

success!

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