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Textbooks and Curriculum

K-5 Core Curriculum

Math in Focus is based on the Singapore Math Framework which is based on research of math mastery in Singapore, and consistently ranks at the top in international math testing. The central focus of the program is in on problem solving where students acquire and apply mathematical concepts and skills to real-world problems. There is intentional progression of concepts to instill a deep understanding of mathematics rather than rote memorization of skills. It also aims to instill in students an attitude that math is important and approachable. 
 
Math In Focus
 

6-12 Core Curriculum (Math 6 through Algebra 2)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Big Ideas Math
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Program: Big Ideas Math

 

Free Access: Middle School Courses

Free Access: High School Courses

 

The Palos Verdes Peninsula USD Board of Education adopted Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Big Ideas MATH in 2015.  Big Ideas MATH is a research‐based program providing a rigorous, focused, and coherent curriculum.

 

The program balances conceptual understanding with procedural fluency, as research shows that students benefit from equal exposure to discovery learning and direct instruction.   The program provides a balanced approach to instruction beginning with activities and exploration followed by teacher directed examples and reinforcement of academic vocabulary. Students transfer the concepts and application of content previously learned with exercises which provide a balance between procedural fluency and problem solving. Mathematical practices are embedded in every lesson by encouraging abstract thought, reasoning, and inquiry as well as perseverance and student discourse.  The Big Ideas Math curriculum is a research-based curriculum providing a rigorous, focused, and coherent curriculum for middle school and high school students.

 

Standards for Mathematical Practice

  1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
  2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
  3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
  4. Model with mathematics
  5. Use appropriate tools strategically
  6. Attend to precision
  7. Look for and make use of structure
  8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Big Ideas Math Textbooks

Advanced Mathematics Courses Beyond Algebra 2

PVPUSD offers a variety of mathematics courses beyond Algebra 2.  For more information on the textbooks and publishers, please see the Curriculum and Instructional Materials page.

 

Precalculus
Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach 5th Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2007

 

Calculus

Calculus of a Single Variable 8th Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2005

 

AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC

Calculus AP Edition 3rd Edition
Publisher: Pearson-Prentice Hall 2006

 

Advanced Calculus

Multivariable Calculus
Publisher: Thompson 2002

 

Statistics

Statistics & Probability with Application 4th Edition
Publisher: Bedford, Freeman & Worth 2021

 

AP Statistics

Updated Version of The Best Practice of Statistics 6th Edition
Publisher: Bedford, Freeman & Worth 2020

 

Introduction to Data Science

Introduction to Data Science v_5.0
Publisher: idsucal.org 2023