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Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Engineering (OMSTE)

Instructional Resources

The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and MCAS provide consistent standards and assessments. OMSTE works to support the implementation of standards-based high quality instruction, and to provide resources for schools and classrooms to enhance instruction. Instructional websites, bibliographies and glossaries are included in the Mathematics View HTML Page and Science and Technology/Engineering Frameworks Download PDF Document  Download MS WORD Document.

Standards-Based Instruction

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Characteristics of a Standards-Based Mathematics Classroom, October 2009 draft
The original 2006 document has been modified to increase its sensitivity for use in classrooms providing math instruction to English Language Learners. While most of the original (and many additional) indicators represent good practice for all students, many are imperative for effective teaching and learning for ELL students.

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An Effective Standards-Based K-12 Science and Technology/Engineering Classroom, September 2007 draft

Science and Technology/Engineering Strand Maps

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Strand Maps of the 2001-2006 Science and Technology/Engineering Standards

Instructional Support for Students with Disabilities

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Resource Guide to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for Students with Disabilities

Connecting Math and Literature

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is pleased to offer a resource for K-8 teachers for creating a math library for children to connect math and literature. It includes a bibliography of books at each grade level that address the five strands presented in the Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks: number sense and operations; patterns, relations, and algebra; geometry; measurement; and data analysis, statistics and probability.

Mathematics Learning Community: Professional Development Curriculum Materials

The Overview and Session One are available for download. Sessions 2 - 15 are forthcoming.

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Overview
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Session 1


last updated: November 2, 2009
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