Middle School Math
Our standards-aligned active learning approach fosters enthusiasm and supports different learner preferences, to build sustained engagement and lasting understanding of math concepts.
More than 100 Activity Objects
Students build their understanding with five types of activity objects:
- Concept Development: Introducing difficult concepts using real-world scenarios.
- Problem Solving: Engaging learners in problem solving using Polya's Problem-Solving Cycle.
- Visual Proof: Guiding learners through developing formulas, theorems, and relationships.
- Dynamic Modeling: Manipulating variables and observing dynamic changes in 3D objects.
- Interactive Exercise: Additional opportunities to develop conceptual understanding and practice essential skills.
See the Middle School Math Activity Objects and the Middle School Math Scope
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Aligned with the Common Core Math Standards
Adaptive Curriculum helps students:
- Construct viable arguments
- Make sense of and persevere with complex problems
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively
- Use their knowledge and skills to solve problems from a variety of contexts
- Analyze and interpret mathematical problems and make deductions
- Deepen conceptual understanding by working with tasks of sufficient richness
Results
Ongoing research at Isaac Middle School in Phoenix has pointed to significant improvements in the math content knowledge of students working with Adaptive Curriculum. For more information, see the Isaac Middle School Research Snapshot.