Year 1: Teacher's Guide - Patterns (Interactive Mathematics Program)

ISBN # 1559532513. The primary purpose of PATTERNS unit in the year 1 curriculum is to introduce students to the ways of working and thinking about mathematics that may be new to them. It is an overall introduction to the IMP curriculum. The IMP (Interactive Mathematics Program) has created a four year program of problem-based mathematics that replaces the traditional Algebra 1- Geometry-Albegra II/Trigonometry-Precalculus sequence that is designed to exemplify the cirriculum reform called for in the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The IMP curriculum integrates traditional material with additional topics such as statistics, probability, curve fitting and matrix algebra.