Saxon Mathematics makes sense to our young men. Why? The mathematics presented is straight forward, without any of the colorful language and interpretations of some programs present in the Public and Private schools of Ontario.
Saxon Mathematics features incremental learning. This means that a new concept is introduced every lesson or some variance of it, but these concepts are not insular to a specific unit and then forgotten about. Most programs feature distinct units in which content is never repeated until the following year. Saxon Mathematics retains every concept for every lesson. This means that what is covered in lesson five will still be seen by the student in lesson one hundred.
What is a typical Saxon lesson like? They all begin with a 3 minute drill on some facet of basic numeration. These drills vary from 40 to 100 questions and are able to be completed in 3 minutes. Homework is checked and corrected. A new concept is taught for fifteen minutes, and then a practice is done with the entire class. Students are put on task for fifteen minutes and have the opportunity to begin a lesson and to seek help. Our small class sizes facilitate this nicely.
Northmount participates in the University of Waterloo Mathematics Competition and will often have some higher than average results across the grade levels.
Our students who have written the S.S.A.T. rank amongst the top per centile range.
Northmount Grade 8 Mathematics VS. The Ontario Curriculum
Theoretical and Empirical Support for Saxon Mathematics PDF
