CPMP

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CPMP

• KEY IDEAS
• TOOLS
• CONTACT INFORMATION (2)

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KEY IDEASfor the CPMP Curriculum

• Theme Mathematics as sense-making
• Visual and recursive thinking
• Searching for and describing patterns
• Making and checking conjectures
• Reasoning with multiple representations
• Inventing mathematics
• Providing convincing arguments
• Develop a robust understanding of mathematics

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TOOLSused for the CPMP Curriculum

• Graphics calculator
• Computer algebra systems
• Spreadsheet software for the TI-92 calculator

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CONTACT Informationfor Program Info
Implementation

• Beth Ritsema or Marcia Weinhold Department of
  Mathematics and Statistics
• Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008
  616-387-4562 Fax [phone]
• cpmp_at_wmich.edu http//www.wmich.edu/cpmp

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CONTACT Informationon Curriculum Ordering
Material

• Everyday Learning Corporation Two Prudential
  Plaza Suite 1175 Chicago Illinois 60601
  1-800-322-6284
• http//www.everydaylearning.com/Pages/contemp.htm
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