Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 49 Issue 2, June 2012
12 -15
An Alberta Rose in the New Curriculum?
Tim Sibbald
Over the years I have had occasion to look at the mathematics curricula for different provinces of Canada. It is not surprising that the expectations for student learning are often similar and the regional differences subtle. This observation is consistent with the implication of the NCTM [National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] standards document (NCTM, 2000) that there is broad consensus about the key topical areas of mathematics. This article examines one small difference that may help Alberta teachers make connections between the cosine law and quadratics in Mathematics 20-1 (Alberta Education, 2008) that teachers in Ontario (and, doubtless, other jurisdictions that aren’t home to the author) would find difficult to make.
