What happens in an IMP classroom?
Interactive Learning: The “interactive” aspect of IMP refers, in part, to the program’s emphasis on students working with each other in collaborative groups. Students discuss problems, use writing to clarify, and express complex mathematical ideas and present findings to the rest of the class. Students share many different and valid approaches, expanding everyone’s thinking. Together, they tackle problems that are usually too complex to be solved by any one individual. Flexible Curriculum: The curriculum design offers complex problems that can be explored at many levels of sophistication. A typical first year IMP class includes accelerated students who have taken algebra in the 8th grade, those who would begin a college preparatory sequence in the 9th grade, and students who might have otherwise been excluded from challenging mathematics classes. A varied collection of supplemental problems gives teachers the flexibility to meet individual student needs. Special features include extens
