Curriculum for Adults Learning Math
Curriculum for Adults Learning Math
CALM is a CCRSAE-aligned curriculum that is designed to build strong conceptual understanding of Core Math Concepts through visual models that spark dialogue and give teachers insight into student’s reasoning.
Do you have some curriculum pieces in place but can’t figure out how to connect them while also incorporatingÌýtheÌý? Does your present curriculum look very similar to what already exists in most workbooks and published texts? Does your present curriculum seem to focus primarily on procedures, drill, and memorization?Ìý
If so,Ìýmaybe CALM is for you! CALM — Curriculum for Adults Learning Math — incorporates the CCRSAE content standards as well as the Standards for Mathematical Practice. It also clearly addresses the key instructional shifts:Ìýfocus,Ìýcoherence, andÌýrigor. CALMÌýfocusesÌýon those key standards needed for adults to be successful math thinkers. CALM follows aÌýcoherentÌýcontinuum that helps students developmentally progress through math topics by making connections among different math content. And, CALM addresses all three aspects ofÌýrigor: conceptual understanding, application, and procedural skill and fluency.Ìý
CALM was developed by the Adult Numeracy Center at 91Â鶹¾«Æ·, Inc., under contract with the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on behalf of Public Adult Education of MA (Grant#19ACLJS1).
CALM includes material from 91Â鶹¾«Æ·â€™s previously-published groundbreaking EMPowerâ„¢ book series. Licensing inquiries should be addressed to adultnumeracy@terc.edu
What I notice is that teaching math using CALM is almost a tricky way to make math fun, inviting and super creative...unbeknownst to the student they are meeting all the benchmarks. It is like a parent secretly adding vegetables to a child's meal."