Curriculum Development and

Instrumentation in Mathematics
and mathematics curriculum
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  Is the outline of concept to be taught to student to help them
meet the content of standards.
Curriculum  Refers to an interactive systems of Instructions and learning w/
specific goal, Content, strategies, measurement and resources.
Effective  Increasing student’ understand about the world around them and
curriculum prepares them to live in the 21St century
What are the elements
of curriculum?
  Objective
Element of  Content
curriculum  Methods
 Evaluation
What is the role of
teacher in curriculum
development?
What is the
role of teacher  The role of the teacher in curriculum process is to help student
in curriculum develop an engage relationship with the content

development?
  Involves of implementation
 Can defined as a kind of step of different types of
Curriculum by step process used to
instructional strategies and
organizational methods that
create a positive
development improvement in the course
focusing on achieving
optimal student
offer in the higher education
development and student
learning outcomes.
  Mathematics curriculum development and the role of problem
solving (2009), by Judy Anderson.
Mathematics  It is started that a fundamental aims of the mathematics
curriculum in to Educate the students to be active , thinking
Curriculum citizens interpreting the World mathematically , and using
mathematics to help from their prediction and decision about
personal and financial priorities. (NCB, 2009)
Problem
Solving • Is recognized as an important Life skill and involving arrange of
processes, including analyzing , interpreting, reasoning , predicting,
evaluating and reflecting .
• Students needs deep mathematical knowledge And general reasoning
ability as well as heuristic strategies for problem solving non-routine
problems.
  Many curriculum documents present the school Mathematics
International curriculum as list of topic or ‘content’ and a set of ‘processes’
approaches to  Typically content includes the fundamental ideas of
mathematics. History grouped, into such topic as numbers;
problem Algebra, measurement, geometry , chance and data .
solving in the  Processes include the action associated with using and applying
mathematics to solve problem which may be routine or not
curriculum routine.
Mathematics in
curriculum framework
Example:
Mathematics
framework
from
Singapore
(Ministry of educ. Singapore 2006
p.2)
Aligning
curriculum,
pedagogy and
assessment in
Hong Kong
(Wardlaw 2008)
K to 12
Mathematics
curriculum
framework in the
Philippines
  Was identified as one of the most important skills needed for job
success and one that is lacking in the new workforce .
Critical  Is the intellectual disciplined process of actively and skillfully,
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing , synthezing and/or
Thinking evaluating information gathering form for generate by
observation , experience, reflection, reasoning and
Communication, as a guide to belief and actions.
Principles of
Critical
Thinking
 Gather complete Information.
 Understand and define all terms.
 Question the methods by which the facts are derived
 Question the conclusion
 Look for hidden assumptions and biases.
 Question the source of fact.
 Don’t expect all of the answer.
 Examine the big picture.
Critical
thinking and  Include the ability to analyze information and formulate creative
problem solutions to complex problems.

solving
 Critical thinking
Problem Solving

Between  Is an intentional and  Focuses on a specific

reflective way of looking at situation
things or circumstances.
  Is a mental process that involves discovering, analyzing and solve
problems to overcome obstacles and find a solution that best
Problem resolves the issue.
solving
 “Don’t find fault, find a remedy” – Henry Ford