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Research and Awards

• Awards and Accolades—Rated #1 by AAAS and "Exemplary" by U.S. Department of Education
• Updated Research and Evaluation Summary – 2003
• Late-Breaking Research and Reviews

Classroom Strategies

• Absenteeism—Strategies for working with absent students and for supporting substitute teachers, including easy-to-use forms.
• English Language Learners—Techniques for making CMP accessible to students with limited English proficiency.
• Special Needs Students—Strategies for accommodating students with special needs within a CMP classroom.

Teaching Materials

• Classroom Resources
• Implementing CMP—Getting to Know Connected Mathematics: An Implementation Guide (PDF document—1.1 MB. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document.)
• Lesson Plans—with pacing for each Investigation
• Scope and Sequence—for the entire program
• Complete Index—for each grade level
• Spanish Glossary—for each unit (also published within ©04 texts)
• Unit Reflections—for each unit (also published within ©02 and ©04 texts)
• New Investigation 6—"Dividing Fractions" for Bits and Pieces II (also published within ©02 and ©04 texts)

Communicating with Parents

For Connected Mathematics to be successful, it is extremely important for districts to familiarize parents/guardians with the curriculum, address their concerns and questions, and keep them informed about what is happening in class and about their children's progress.

• Parent/Guardian Concerns
• Suggestions for Keeping Parents Informed
• Helping Parents Help Their Children
• Materials To Send Home—Letters, Handouts, Forms

Online Professional Development

Check out these online courses supporting CMP, sponsored by our partner Pearson Professional Development.

• CMP: An Application of Assessment Learning
• CMP: An Application of Inquiry Learning
• Teaching Strategies to Increase Math Achievement in Middle School

NCTM Illuminations includes lessons and problems that support CMP, including the Product Game and the Factor Game.