Celebrating 50 years (19622012) of deltaK
The teaching and learning of mathematics in Alberta one of three Canadian provinces sharing a border with Montana has a long and storied history. An integral part of the past 50 years (19622012) of this history has been deltaK: Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association. This volume, which presents ten memorable articles from each of the past five decades, that is, 50 articles from the past 50 years of the journal, provides an opportunity to share this rich history with a wide range of individuals interested in the teaching and learning of mathematics and mathematics education. Each decade begins with an introduction, providing a historical context, and concludes with a commentary from a prominent member of the Alberta mathematics education community. As a result, this monograph provides a historical account as well as a contemporary view of many of the trends and issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. This volume is meant to serve as a resource for a variety of individuals, including teachers of mathematics, mathematics teacher educators, mathematics education researchers, historians, and undergraduate and graduate students. Most importantly, this volume is a celebratory retrospective on the work of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association.
By February, the Senior High School Curriculum Committee of the Alberta
Department of Education had accepted in principle the recommendation that
separate sequences of high school mathematics courses be adopted for students
who were university-bound, non-universitybound, and business-oriented (
MCATA Newsletter, 1968). For the approximately 35 percent of Alberta high
school students who intended to go to university, the sequence consisted of
Mathematics 10 (grade 10) ...
