CHOOSE STUDENT-CENTERED CURRICULUM
Powerful Mathematical Thinking for Your 6-12th Grade Students
A nonprofit staffed with experienced teachers and built on over 35 years of experience, CPM provides a student-centered learning solution that guides educators as they support students’ problem solving, communication, collaboration, and sense-making.
CPM Educational Program classrooms are:
- defined by team worthy, problem-based instructional materials with intentionally integrated technology.
- supported through extensive Professional Learning provided by experienced CPM teachers.
Student-Centered Curricula
Students learn concepts more deeply when they discuss ideas with classmates.
When students work in study teams of 2-4, they engage in more discourse, risk-taking, questioning, and refinement of their ideas.
CPM Teaching strategies support the effectiveness of study teams in the classroom.
- Students should engage in problem-based lessons structured around a core idea.
- Guided by a knowledgeable teacher, students should interact in groups to foster mathematical discourse.
- Practice with concepts and procedures should be spaced over time; that is, proficiency comes over time.
Problem-Based Lessons
Students learn ideas in ways that apply to other content areas when they learn by engaging deeply with problems– ideally from the real world.
CPM problems are engaging, non-routine, and utilize thought-provoking tasks with embedded questioning that allows students to construct their knowledge.
A teamwork focus creates safe productive struggle on challenging problems where students can make sense of the mathematics they are learning.
Research Supported Philosophy
- Students should engage in problem-based lessons structured around a core idea.
- Guided by a knowledgeable teacher, students should interact in groups to foster mathematical discourse.
- Practice with concepts and procedures should be spaced over time; that is, proficiency builds over time.
- Collaboration Summary & Full Report
- Problem-Based Learning Summary & Full Report
- Mixed Spaced Practice Summary & Full Report
Connected Knowledge in the Classroom
Students learn ideas more permanently when they are required to engage and re-engage with the ideas for weeks or even months.
CPM curricula emphasizes exploring the connections within math, with topics interleaved throughout the course.
This mixed, spaced practice keeps topics fresh in students’ minds and illuminates connections throughout the year.
High-Quality Resources For Students and Teachers
- eTools for exploration
- Virtual Homework Help
- Parent Guides
- Lesson Mathcasts for teachers
- Noteworthy professional learning
Adopt a Research Based and Educator Approved Curriculum
Join the thousands of teachers who have adopted CPM’s curriculum over the past 30 years! CPM is nationally distinguished — adopted by thousands of classrooms across the U.S. and also reviewed by LearningList.com and EdReports.com.
Your students will see noticeable improvements in their mathematical understanding, concept building, and problem solving.
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Independent Reviews
CPM Educational Program’s Calculus, reviewed by Learning List, is included on the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Example Textbooks List for Calculus AB and BC courses.
Learning List provides independent reviews of K-12 instructional materials and online courses. For more details, view the New Review: CPM Educational Program’s Calculus.
Read the complete EdReports Publisher Commentary for Core Connections, Courses 1-3 (PDF) and CPM’s response.
We invite you to read highlights from Ed Reports.org review of CPM Middle School Core Connections, Courses 1-3 (PDF).
We invite you to read the complete CPM Integrated Series EdReports review.