Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 34 Issue 1, May 1997
24 – 27
Apply the Curriculum Standards with Project Questions
Richard T. Edgerton
A goal of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989) is facilitating “mathematical power” in students. The curriculum standards use problem solving, communication, reasoning and connections as organizing principles. One way to apply these principles in the classroom is with the use of “project questions.”