Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 47 Issue 2, June 2010
12 – 16
The Diploma Exam and the Role of Communication in Mathematics Literacy
Elaine Simmt
In October, I was a member of an MCATA panel responding to the decision of Alberta’s minister of education to drop the written-response component from the diploma exams for Pure Mathematics 30 and Applied Mathematics 30. I speak as a mathematics education researcher who does classroom-based studies and as a professor in teacher education. My responses to the questions posed should be read with these roles in mind.
