What are the key changes in Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics?

We have aligned the lower secondary strands and sub-strands with the Cambridge Upper Secondary Mathematics strands.

We have combined Geometry and Measure to form one strand and renamed Data Handling to ‘Statistics and Probability’ to better reflect the mathematics content. The learning objectives within Statistics and Probability have changed focus from processing data to interpretation of data as this better prepares learners with skills needed to foster deeper understanding of data analysis that is often presented in real-world contexts.

We have replaced the problem solving learning objectives with four pairs of thinking and working mathematically characteristics, and removed the ‘Mental strategies’ learning objectives. However, working mentally remains an important feature of the Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics Curriculum Framework.