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Mathematics

Program Overview

Students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade receive a comprehensive mathematics program. Our mathematics standards provide students with the opportunity to develop the skills that will enable them to fulfill personal ambitions and career goals in an ever changing world. The DoDEA goal is to offer a mathematics program for students to become mathematical problem solvers, to communicate mathematically, to reason mathematically and to make mathematical connections. The mathematics curriculum is balanced to provide conceptual development, problem solving, and the basic skills. The standards are organized in content "strands" to include number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability.

Elementary

The elementary mathematics program emphasizes students' understanding of mathematics that is built by actively engaging students in tasks and experiences to deepen and connect their mathematical knowledge. Problem solving strategies and skills are learned by using real life contexts so students have the ability to apply their learning in new and varied problem solving situations. Communication is an important part of the mathematics program. Students explain their work and defend their strategies assuring an understanding of the mathematical concepts. The teachers have the DoDEA standards and the Mathematics Curriculum Guides to direct their instruction. The Math Curriculum Guides provide organized instructional units, assessments, and learning resources. The kindergarten through fifth grade uses the Macmillan/McGraw Hill's Math textbooks and the pre-kindergarten uses the McGraw Hill Everyday Mathematics.

Middle School

Copied from Pacific is place holder for now: The middle school mathematics curriculum provides an outstanding program for extending algebraic thinking, problem solving, geometric, statistical, and computational skills to ensure our students are ready for the study of algebra and geometry in high school. Those students who have shown an aptitude for mathematics may enroll in Algebra I while in the middle school.

High School

We believe that algebra is an important component in building a foundation for success in life. Therefore, at the high school level, all students must earn three credits in rigorous math courses for graduation. As of SY 2003-2004, all graduates will be required to earn a credit in Algebra I, a credit in geometry and one additional credit in a higher level math class for graduation. Because we believe that all students should study and understand algebra and geometry, Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) has introduced algebra and geometry lab courses which provide the opportunity for further development of algebraic thinking and algebraic and geometric concepts. Although these courses do not offer math credit, they do help ensure that all students can be successful in their study of rigorous, higher-level mathematics courses.

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