Programs provide students with activities that build a foundation for understanding algebraic concepts. Activities help build self-confidence, nurture natural curiosity, and challenge students with rich problems that help them learn to appreciate and value mathematics. In the primary module, students are introduced to the properties of number. Lessons help them develop an understanding of the multiple relationships among whole numbers and the effects of operations on those numbers. The middle school module introduces students to several ways of representing numbers and relationships among numbers.
Lessons build and expand on their informal experiences with numbers.
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