Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 46 Issue 2, June 2009
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Sharon Gach
As another school year comes to an end, it is interesting to examine the changes that have occurred in our lives. Whether you changed positions, taught the new curriculum or a new course, or used a different approach, something new may have happened in your mathematical life this year. Students change every year, and the world around us changes at a phenomenal rate. How do we keep up? Do we hold on to the old, embrace the new or combine the two? With new curriculum being introduced, it is often hard to decide if our old tools are still applicable or if we need new tools.
