Core-Plus Mathematics: Teaching Mathematics to High School Students

Core-Plus Mathematics is a curriculum that targets high school students' mathematics achievement. The program is designed around multi-day lessons organized around cycles of instructional activities intended primarily for small-group work in the classroom and for individual work outside of the classroom. Lessons begin with a full-class discussion of a problem situation and related questions to think about, followed by small-group investigations and a full-class discussion (referred to as a Checkpoint) of concepts and methods developed by different small groups. The program also provides sets of MORE tasks, which are designed to engage students in Modeling with, Organizing, Reflecting on, and Extending their mathematical understanding in individual work outside of class.