AlbertaMathematicsProgramofStudies

ProgramOverview
TheMathematicsprogramofstudiesoutlinesanumberofgoalsformathematicsstudentstobecome
lifelonglearnersandmathematicallyliterate.Thesegoalsincludepreparingstudentsto:
Usemathtosolveproblems
Communicateandreasonmathematically
Appreciateandvaluemathematics
Makeconnectionsbetweenmathematicsanditsapplications
Usingmathematicstocontributetosociety
ThesegoalsareconsistentthroughMathK12andthespecificgoalsofMath31differandcanbe
foundinitsseparatetheprogramofstudies

MathematicalProcesses
Therearecriticalcomponentsand
mathematicalprocessesstudentswillneedto
understandinordertoachievethegoalsofthe
curriculum

Communication[C]
Connections[CN]

Communicateinordertolearnandexpresstheirunderstanding
Connectmathematicalideastootherconceptsinmathematicstoeveryday
experiencesandtootherdisciplines

MentalMathematicsandEstimation[ME] Demonstratefluencywithmentalmathematicsandestimation
ProblemSolving[PS]

Developandapplynewmathematicalknowledgethroughproblemsolving

Reasoning[R]

Developmathematicalreasoning

Technology[T]

Selectandusetechnologiesastoolsforlearningandforsolvingproblems

Visualization[V]

Developvisualizationskillstoassistinprocessinginformation,making
connectionsandsolvingproblems

Themathematicsprogramofstudiesisorganizedintothedifferent
Strands
ofmathematics.

Astrandisasubsectionoraunitofmathematics.Somestrandsaredividedintosubstrands,
andthereisonegeneraloutcomepersubstrand.

ProgramofStudiesSupportmaterials
ThefollowinglinkswilltakeyoutosomesupportmaterialsfortheMathematicscurriculumand
programsofstudies.IncludedarealltheMathematicsSLOsandacorrespondingachievement
indicator(LearningObjectives)foreach.

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ProgramofStudiesK12
AchievementIndicatorsK9
AchievementIndicators
1012

http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/math/educator/materials.aspx
http://education.alberta.ca/media/8775405/2014_k9_math_achievement_indicators.pdf
http://education.alberta.ca/media/823110/math10to12_ind.pdf

http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/math/educator/materials.aspx

K9MathProgram
Therearefourstrands:Number,PatternsandRelations,ShapeandSpace,andStatisticsand
Probability.EachStrand(orsubstrand)hasagenerallearneroutcome.
NOTE:Thefourstrandsarenotintendedtobediscreteseparateunitsofinstruction.Teachers
shouldintegratethestrandsinorderforstudentstohaveanunderstandingofthestrandina
generalsense.

1.

NUMBER
GLO:Developnumbersense.

2.

PATTERNSANDRELATIONS
Patterns
GLO:Usepatternstodescribetheworldandtosolveproblems.
VariablesandEquations
GLO:Representalgebraicexpressionsinmultipleways.

3.

SHAPEANDSPACE
Measurement
GLO:Usedirectandindirectmeasurementtosolveproblems.

3DObjectsand2DShapes
GLO:Describethecharacteristicsof3Dobjectsand2Dshapes,andanalyze
therelationshipsamongthem.
Transformations
GLO:Describeandanalyzepositionandmotionofobjectsandshapes

4.

STATISTICSANDPROBABILITY
DataAnalysis
GLO:Collect,displayandanalyzedatatosolveproblems.
ChanceandUncertainty
GLO:Useexperimentalortheoreticalprobabilitiestorepresentandsolve
problemsinvolvinguncertainty.

1012MathProgram

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Inthehighschoolprogramofstudiesthemathematicsclasses(Grades10,11,and12)brokenupinto
twomainarchesofmathematicsCand3whichgothrough10,20,and30.WithinCtherearetwo
levels1and2.Toclarifyrefertothefollowingdiagram

StrandsRespectivetoEachGradeandLevel

10

20

30

Measurement
AlgebraandNumber
Relationsandfunctions

Measurement
AlgebraandNumber
Relationsandfunctions

Measurement
Geometry
Number
Algebra

AlgebraandNumber
Trigonometry
RelationsandFunctions

Measurement
Geometry
NumberandLogic
Statistics
RelationsandFunctions
MathematicsResearch
Project

Measurement
Geometry
Number
Algebra
Statistics

Trigonometry
RelationsandFunctions
Permutation,Combinations,
andBinomialTheorem

Logicalreasoning
Probability
RelationsandFunctions
MathematicsResearch
Project

Measurement
Geometry
NumberandLogic
Statistics
RelationsandFunctions
MathematicsResearchProject
Probability

CalculusMathProgram(Math31)

Programoverview
TheMath31programofstudiesissetupdifferentlyfromtheK12
programs:

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Eachstrandisseparatedintofourdifferentgenerallearningoutcomeswiththeirownspecific
learningoutcomes:GeneralLearningExpectations,ConceptualUnderstanding,Procedural
Knowledge,andProblemSolvingContext.
Math31hasanelectivecomponent.Thismeansthattheteachingoftheseunitsisunderthe
discretionoftheteacher.Theseunitsarebasicfoundationsofhighermaththatinvolvesareasof
science,engineering,andbusiness.
Rationale
Focushasshiftedfrommemorizationandalgorithmstowardamorebroadviewof
mathematicsasitsownlanguageoftermsandnotationsthatstudentsusetodescribe,reason,interpret,
andexplore.

1.

MATHEMATICALPROCESSES
Masteryofcourseexpectationsenablesstudentstoconstructandsolvemodelsdescribing
mathematicalsituationsinabroadrangeofcontexts,andtousetheappropriatetechnologyto
approximatedifficultmodelsandcarryoutlongcalculations.

2.

MEASUREMENTANDGEOMETRY
Studentswillbeabletodemonstratetheuseofcalculustodeterminelimits,derivatives,
integrals,ratesofchangeandaveragesbyusinggeometricalrepresentations.

3.

ALGEBRAOFFUNCTIONSANDLIMIT
Studentswillexaminesymbolic,diagram,andgraphicalrepresentationsthatdescribeboth
continuousanddiscretefunctionsofonerealvariable.

4.

CALCULUSOFDERIVATIVESANDINTEGRALS
Studentswilldeterminelimits,derivatives,integrals,andratesofchange.

5.

DATAMANAGEMENT
Studentswillusecalculusconceptstodescribedatadistributionsandrandomvariablesat
abeginnerlevel.

NOTE:TheProgramofStudiesdoesnotseparatethegenerallearningoutcomesbystrand,butby
requiredorelectiveunits.

ActivityExamples
ExamplesofGLOs,SLOs,andactivitieswhichwererecommendedbytheachievementindicators
providedbyAlbertaEducation.TheachievementindicatorslinkisundertheProgramofStudies
SupportMaterialssectionabove.

Grade1

Grade4

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GLO:
Usepatternstodescribetheworldandtosolve
problems.

SLO:
Studentswilldemonstrateanunderstanding
ofrepeatingpatterns.

GLO:
Usedirectandindirectmeasurementtosolve
problems.

SLO:
Readandrecordtime,usingdigitaland
analogclocks,including24hourclocks.

LearningActivity:

LearningActivity:

Describeagivenrepeatingpatterncontainingtwoto
fourelementsinitscore.
Identifyanddescribeerrorsinagivenrepeatingpattern.

Expressthetimeorallyandnumericallyfroma12hour
analogclock.
Expressthetimeorallyandnumericallyfroma24hour
analogclock.
Expressthetimeorallyandnumericallyfroma12hour
digitalclock.
Expresstimeorallyandnumericallyfroma24hour
digitalclock.