Mathematics Department
The Mathematics Curriculum is designed to offer a full range of options that accommodates the diverse needs of a student population, those of an ever increasing technological society and the requirements of the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards.
It is our belief that, with the appropriate instruction, each student is capable of success in a program developed with these objectives in mind. The focus of instruction emphasizes the development of concepts, relationships, structures, applications, and problem solving skills.
Many upper level courses reflect content which prepares the student for further study of mathematics and various graduation and college entrance exams. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are also offered.
The NJ Core Curriculum Standards for Mathematics, recently revised in July of 2002, consist of five standards and strands which describe what is essential to mathematics education and presents a view of mathematics teaching and learning that integrates the processes of mathematical activity, the content of the mathematics, and the learning environment in the classroom. The following five standards and strands were adopted by the NJ State Board of Education.
Cluster |
Strand |
| Number and Numerical Operations |
Number Sense, Numerical Operations and Estimations |
| Geometry and Measurement |
Geometric Properties, Transforming Shapes, Coordinate Geometry, Units of Measurement, Measuring Geometric Objects |
| Patterns and Algebra |
Patterns and Relationships, Functions Modeling, Procedures |
| Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics |
Data Analysis (Statistics), Probability, Discrete Mathematics- Systemic Listing and Couting, Discrete Mathematics - Vertex Edge Graphs and Algorithms |
| Mathematical Processes |
Problem Solving, Communications, Connections, Reasing, Representations, Technology |