We can't make every student love, or even like mathematics, but we can possibly allow your son to achieve his goals and ambitions through the study of mathematics. The math department strives to help all cadets develop problem solving skills and higher order thinking skills in an attempt to ensure success in their college careers. The Marine Military Academy Is a Saxon Math School Fundamentals of Mathematics - FOM is a transitional course in our math curriculum. It's designed to automate the upper-level skills of arithmetic while introducing abstract concepts. I - This course is designed to teach students to be successful mathematical problem solvers.
Mathematical problem solving is simply the use of mathematical concepts in new situations.
The students will learn by working carefully designed problems that lead to the use of productive thought patterns which utilize concepts. The philosophy of the book is that the students learn by doing, and that students may not necessarily learn a new concept of the day that it is first introduced. Therefore, students will learn by doing problems repetitively in the various lessons throughout the book. A great deal of problem solving will be done in class and in homework assignments. The objective is for the students to achieve automatically, where concepts immediately come to mind when solving new problems.