The 2012 edition of Connecting Math Concepts: Comprehensive Edition (CMCCE) provides a number of improvements to the previous edition of CMCCE. Most instructional strategies are the same as those of the earlier editions; however, the procedures for teaching these strategies have been greatly modified to address problems in presentation of the content to serve at-risk students more effectively. The 2012 edition of CMCCE has also been revised on the basis of field-testing.

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Do you use our Understanding US History Pre-Program? If you do, you might be interested in our new interactive whiteboard display file that includes the sentences from the sentence list and the program chart in a file format compatible with interactive whiteboards. The file is free for download and for classroom use. Download it here.

You can now view/download a PDF that outlines 2012 Connecting Math Concepts: Comprehensive Edition's correlation with the Common Core State Standards!

Find and view this document in 2 easy steps! Here's how:

1. Go to McGraw-Hill's website.
2. Click on the program level (currently Levels A, B and C are available) under the “Common Core State Standards” section of the list on the right hand-side of the page.

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