Teacher Support

Success at CMP's Annual Summer Workshops

The Math

Teacher Support

Success at CMP's Annual Summer Workshops

What is CMP

The Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) was funded by the National Science Foundation to develop a complete middle school mathematics curriculum, Connected Mathematics, for students and teachers. CMP is a problem-centered curriculum promoting an inquiry-based teaching-learning classroom environment. Mathematical ideas are identified and embedded in a sequenced set of tasks and explored in depth to allow students to develop rich mathematical understandings and meaningful skills. The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) and the Standards for Mathematical Practice are embedded within each problem.

The overarching goal of CMP is to help students and teachers develop mathematical knowledge, understanding, and skill along with an awareness of and appreciation for the rich connections among mathematical strands and between mathematics and other disciplines. The CMP curriculum development has been guided by our single mathematical standard:

All students should be able to reason and communicate proficiently in mathematics. They should have knowledge of and skill in the use of the vocabulary, forms of representation, materials, tools, techniques, and intellectual methods of the discipline of mathematics, including the ability to define and solve problems with reason, insight, inventiveness, and technical proficiency.

Latest News

June 29, 2017
Success at CMP's Annual Summer Workshops: For the past 22 years, Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) has hosted week-long Getting to Know CMP workshops designed to allow teachers to experience the curriculum as a student.

May 18, 2017
New York CMP Teacher Leaders to Host A Local Conference: The Center for Professional Development and Education Reform at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester, in partnership with Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES, is offering a Connected Math (CMP) Users’ conference for teachers, teacher leaders, math coaches, and administrators to come together to learn, share ideas, and gain new insights from fellow CMP teachers from the region.

April 29, 2017
3D Printer Brings CMP to Life in Classroom: Amy Klco, a Michigan CMP teacher, came up with an idea to help her struggling students understand mathematics by making the problems literally come to life. She took abstract concepts and made them something her students could touch and feel.

More News

Teacher Support

How do you convince students to work together?: From the 2010 Users' Conference, Yvonne Grant, Teri Keusch, and Jim Mamer answer new CMP teacher questions.

Teachers Talking to Teachers: Notebooks: Each teacher shares strategies for maintaining and assessing student notebooks. Ideas for grouping and getting students to participate in note taking, mathematical reflections, and taking ownership of their learning are also discussed.

Jeopardy-Like Game Show for CMP Classrooms: Created by a teacher and sent to CMP, this power point was designed for teachers to use during or at the end of a Unit or as a review at the end of the year. Categories, questions, and answers can all be changed so teachers can adapt the game to the needs of their students.