The CME Project is a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded high school program organized around the mathematical themes of algebra, geometry, and analysis. This talk presents and discusses the following core principles of this curriculum: • fostering mathematical habits of mind; • separating convention and vocabulary from matters of mathematical substance; • developing general-purpose mathematical tools; • learning through experience before formalizing; • placing high expectations on all students. In addition, examples will be given of some of the distinguishing features of the CME Project. These include design features such as Getting Started (a feature that launches each investigation) and dialogues among fictional students. The talk will finally present some examples of specific mathematical habits that are developed in the program, including “abstracting regularity from repeated calculations,” a form of encapsulation, and “reasoning by continuity,” a useful habit in calculus and analysis.
The CME Project / BACCAGLINI FRANK, ANNA ETHELWYN; Cuoco, Al. - ELETTRONICO. - (2007), pp. 45-50. (Intervento presentato al convegno Ninth International Conference Mathematics Education in a Global Community tenutosi a Charlotte, USA nel 7-12 Seprember).
The CME Project
BACCAGLINI FRANK, ANNA ETHELWYN;
2007
Abstract
The CME Project is a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded high school program organized around the mathematical themes of algebra, geometry, and analysis. This talk presents and discusses the following core principles of this curriculum: • fostering mathematical habits of mind; • separating convention and vocabulary from matters of mathematical substance; • developing general-purpose mathematical tools; • learning through experience before formalizing; • placing high expectations on all students. In addition, examples will be given of some of the distinguishing features of the CME Project. These include design features such as Getting Started (a feature that launches each investigation) and dialogues among fictional students. The talk will finally present some examples of specific mathematical habits that are developed in the program, including “abstracting regularity from repeated calculations,” a form of encapsulation, and “reasoning by continuity,” a useful habit in calculus and analysis.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
