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Note: For students who completed any of the Grade 9 mathematics courses prior to September 2021, refer to the prerequisite chart on page 10 of The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Mathematics, 2007.
Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Courses (LDCCs)
School boards may offer up to two locally developed compulsory credit courses in mathematics – a Grade 9 course and/or a Grade 10 course – that may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in mathematics for one or both of these grades. The locally developed Grade 9 and/or Grade 10 compulsory credit courses prepare students for success in the Grade 11 and Grade 12 workplace preparation courses.
Half-Credit Courses
The course outlined in this curriculum is designed to be offered as a full-credit course. However, it may also be delivered as two half-credit courses. Half-credit courses, which require a minimum of fifty-five hours of scheduled instructional time, must adhere to the following conditions:
• The two half-credit courses created from a full course must together contain all of the expectations of the full course.
• The expectations for each half-credit course must be divided in a manner that best enables students to achieve the required knowledge and skills in the allotted time.
• A course that is a prerequisite for another course in the secondary curriculum may be offered as two half-credit courses, but students must successfully complete both parts of the course to fulfil the prerequisite. (Students are not required to complete both parts unless the course is a prerequisite for another course they wish to take.)
• The title of each half-credit course must include the designation Part 1 or Part 2. A half credit (0.5) will be recorded in the credit-value column of both the report card and the Ontario Student Transcript.
Boards will ensure that all half-credit courses comply with the conditions described above, and will report all half-credit courses to the ministry annually in the School October Report.
Curriculum Expectations for the Grade 9 Mathematics Course
The expectations identified for this course describe the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students are expected to acquire, demonstrate, and apply in their class work and tasks, on tests, in demonstrations, and in various other activities on which their achievement is assessed and evaluated.
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