High School Curriculum Guide 2022 - 2023
Mathematics The Mathematics department at AISC aims to equip students with the essential mathematical knowledge and skills of reasoning, problem solving and communication; and, most importantly, with the ability and the initiative to continue learning on their own. We value multiple approaches, encouraging students to problem solve using mathematical representation and language, verbally, using graphs and technology, emphasizing process over product. We help students develop their abilities to explore, make conjectures, reason logically, and communicate mathematical ideas. Recognizing that individual students learn in different ways, we provide opportunities for all students to construct and deepen their own knowledge, and expand their mathematical horizons. We seek to develop an enriching environment that pushes students to think critically as problem solvers and to recognize the intrinsic beauty of mathematics. To accomplish these goals, the Common Core State Standards for the introductory courses together with the International Baccalaureate and the Advanced Placement programs for advanced level courses, serve as our curricular framework. All standards are internationally benchmarked, and are based on a philosophy of teaching and learning that is consistent with the most current research. Integrated Mathematics 1 Prerequisite Duration Units of credit
Successful completion of Grade 8 Mathematics. 1 year 1
The relative importance of achievement strands in this course:
Integrated Mathematics 1 formalizes and extends the mathematics that students learn in the middle grades. The critical areas, organized into units, deepen and extend understanding of linear relationships, in part by contrasting them with exponential phenomena, and in part by applying linear models to data that exhibit a linear trend. Students will interpret arithmetic sequences as linear functions and geometric sequences as exponential functions. They will master the concepts of domain and range. They will explore systems of equations and inequalities, and use regression techniques to describe linear relationships. They will establish triangle congruence criteria, based on analyses of rigid motions and formal constructions. Finally, students will use a rectangular coordinate system to verify geometric relationships, including properties of special triangles and quadrilaterals, and slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. The Mathematical Practice Standards apply
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