Why ALPHA Works
Incorporates Professional Learning
into the Curriculum Framework
ALPHA Mathematics enhances teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and provides the support for teachers to deliver high quality lessons.
A Well-Defined Curriculum
The scope and sequence of ALPHA Mathematics is based on a composite of learning progressions identified as the best practices of the top-performing nations: Singapore, Republic of Korea and Hong Kong.
- ALPHA Mathematics covers four strands of mathematics across five grades: Numbers and Operations, Measurement, Geometry and Data Analysis.
- Strands are colour coded for easy reference.
- The content in ALPHA Mathematics is presented under four strands of mathematics across five grades: Numbers and Operations, Measurement, Geometry and Data Analysis.
- Strands are colour coded for easy reference.
Systematic Learning Progression
For each strand of mathematics, teachers are shown what is to be taught at each grade and how the progression build-up is done from one grade to the next.
- Detailed learning outcomes over the 5-year course help teachers understand the scope and sequence of teaching.
Coursebook Serves as a Manual for Lesson Delivery
The instructional design and structure of the Coursebook provide clear and consistent guidance to teachers and enable teachers to deliver high quality lessons.
- Objectives are listed at the beginning of each lesson.
- Consistent lesson design and use of icons make lesson delivery intuitive for teachers.
- Prompts for teacher talk are provided through speech bubbles.
Comprehensive Teacher’s Manuals
Comprehensive Teacher’s Manuals provide an overview of concepts and skills taught in each chapter and detailed lesson notes for each page of the Coursebooks.
Detailed Scheme of Work
Suggested durations, lesson objectives, materials and resources lists help teachers plan each lesson quickly and easily.
Lesson Plans
- Lesson notes provide instruction on how to deliver lessons for each page of the Coursebooks.
- Note for Teachers identifies the key mathematical ideas of the chapter.
Lesson Plans
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Answers for practice tasks in the Coursebook are provided with worked solutions for all word problems.
- Scripted lesson notes provide guidance on what to say and do to achieve desired outcomes, and expected answers and tips on managing misconceptions.
Lesson Plans
- Answers for practice tasks in the Practice Book are provided, with worked solutions for all word problems.
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