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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 408 162 SE 060 227 TITLE Working Together in Mathematics Education. INSTITUTION Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. REPORT NO ISBN-0-7732-5205-3 PUB DATE 96 NOTE 16p.; Parts of this document may not film well. AVAILABLE FROM Alberta Education, Curriculum Standards Branch, 11160 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5K OL2, Canada. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Classroom Environment; Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; *Mathematics Curriculum; Mathematics Instruction; *Parent Materials; Parent Participation; Problem Solving; Relevance (Education); School Community Relationship; *Standards *Alberta; Canada IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT This booklet provides information to parents, students, teachers, and community members about the new mathematics curriculum in western Canada that was developed as a result of the Common Curriculum Framework for K-12 Mathematics. The curriculum represents a dynamic approach to mathematics with problem solving as the main focus for all grade levels, and is the basis for mathematics programs of study in Alberta. This booklet describes some of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students are expected to learn; some ways parents and other adults can support student learning in mathematics; the goals of classroom instruction and the broad content areas in the curriculum; bridges and connections and how they are built; problem solving techniques; new instructional strategies; and a picture of a modern mathematics lesson. 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BEST COPY AVAILABLE f4:4 Ater.441111".1"ar ALBERTA EDUCATION CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA Alberta. Alberta Education. Curriculum Standards Branch. Working together in mathematics education. ISBN 0-7732-5205-3 Note: This document has been adapted with permission of the Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture and Employment, written by Lesley Serkoak. 1. MathematicsStudy and teachingAlberta. 2. Education Parent participationAlberta. I. Title. II. Serkoak, Lesley. QA14.A333 1996 372.7 For comments, questions or more information, contact: Program Manager Mathematics Kindergarten to Grade 12 Curriculum Standards Branch Alberta Education 11160 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5K OL2 Telephone: 403-427-2984, Fax: 403-422-3745 To be connected toll-free from outside Edmonton, dial 310-0000 for an operator. Copies of this document, and other curriculum handbooks for parents, may be purchased at cost from the: Learning Resources Distributing Centre 12360 142 Street Edmonton, Alberta, T5L 4X9 403-427-2767 Telephone: 403-422-9750 Fax: This booklet is also available for viewing and downloading from the Alberta Education web site, under the section Parents, at: http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca. The primary intended audience for this document is: Administrators Counsellors General Audience i Parents Students Teachers This document has been adapted with the permission of the Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture and Employment from Working Together in Mathematics Education, written by Lesley Serkoak, Baffin Divisional Board of Education, published and copyrighted by the Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Copyright ©1996, the Crown in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Minister of Education. 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