Curriculum Principle from Principles and Standards Book

Math curriculum is very important in a student’s life. It is the basis of how they are going to learn and gain knowledge in the classroom. One important thing about the math curriculum is that all the different topics are usually connected. This is important for students to know. They cannot learn a certain method, and then erase it from their memory when that unit test is over. "The interconnections should be displayed prominently in the curriculum and in instructional materials and lessons" (Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, 2010). Math is always overlapping topics into each other. If a student simply forgets a topic once the class has moved on this will not be beneficial for them.

Another important topic of the mathematics curriculum is that the math being taught should be worth both the students’ attention and time. “Allow students to see that mathematics has powerful uses in modeling and predicting real-world phenomena”. (Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, 2010). Math is involved in every aspect of our lives and students need to understand that. Another important topic is that math should be taught throughout all the students grade levels “A school mathematics curriculum should provide a road map that helps teachers guide students to increasing levels of sophistication and depths of knowledge” (Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, 2010). The type of math that is taught throughout a person’s schooling grades K-12, is very different and is taught in steps. Each level once again is always built on the previous level.