- Application Units support six to eight weeks of classroom time and require the
use of specially created MMAP design software. The application
units plunge students into an extended role-play as employees
involved in a real-world problem: creating codes, designing floor
plans, making maps, or building population models.
- Extensions are two-to-three week units that build directly on the mathematical
insights and skills students develop within the major application
units. These materials serve to introduce students to the standard
mathematical notations associated with concepts such as proportion,
help them develop specific skills such as manipulating algebraic
expressions, and deepen their conceptual understanding of central
mathematical ideas such as function.
- Investigations are one-to-two week explorations that introduce mathematical
concepts either from a pure mathematics point of view or within
fanciful contexts. In these mini-units, students can learn geometric
vocabulary in the context of quilting or methods of proof while
exploring relationships between even and odd integers. Mathematics
concepts, common notations and vocabulary are emphasized, along
with mathematical practices such as making conjectures, coming
up with counter examples and writing proofs.
- MMAP software is a unique feature of the materials. The software environments
are interactional and mathematical resources for the group based
project, and are the environment for the design work and generation
of math opportunities and data for analysis. The technology is
meant to meet the learning needs of students who have been under-served
by traditional approaches to school math.
- For more detailed information on the materials available, please
see the Curriculum area of this site.
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