Connected Mathematics Project 4 Updates

Connected Mathematics Project’s (CMP) Connected Mathematics®4 is a complete contextual problem-based middle school mathematics curriculum. It includes the following six interconnected items:

• Student Edition 
• Teacher Edition
• Formative and Summative Assessment
• A Guide to Connected Mathematics® 4
• Classroom Materials Kits
• Digital Platform
• Student Notebooks

Building off the Success of Prior
CMP Experiences

• All editions were developed, field-tested, and evaluated at Michigan State University
• CMP4 continues to include past successful CMP features. Features that have impacted the teaching and learning of mathematics more broadly and are widely used by other curriculum materials
• CMP4 builds on over forty years of CMP classrooms being “go-to” sites for mathematics education research.
• CMP is the most researched mathematics curriculum in the past 100 years. Over 550 research papers, books, dissertations published on CMP.

The royalties Michigan State University receives continue to support mathematics and science education activities at the university, including the Lappan-Phillips Professorships.

Innovations for CMP4

• new STEM Problem Format
• increase in a variety of engagement activities
• more focused mathematical goals for each lesson and unit
  
  
• refreshed contexts and streamlined content
  
  
• stronger connections within and across units
• variety of teacher supports including lesson planning, implementation strategies and meeting the needs of individual learners

Over five years, more than 500 teachers in 26 states and 6 countries tested the materials in classrooms. They provided important feedback and contributions to the development.