Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 34 Issue 1, May 1997
51 – 60
Seven Mathematical Processes in the Protocol: Activities Give Them Life
A. Craig Loewen
The Common Curriculum Framework for K-12 Mathematics: Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education (Alberta Education 1995), also known as the Protocol, specifies seven different mathematical processes: communication, connections, estimation and mental mathematics, problem solving, reasoning, technology and visualization. The Protocol (Alberta Education 1995, 5) states that:
