StandardsofStudentPracticeinMathematicsProficiencyMatrix

1a

Students:

(I)=Initial

(IN)=Intermediate

1b

Persevereinsolving
them

Reasonabstractlyand
quantitatively

Reasonwithmodelsorpictorial
representationstosolveproblems.
(Grouping/Engaging)

Areabletotranslatesituationsinto
symbolsforsolvingproblems.
(Grouping/Engaging)

3a

Constructviable
arguments

Explaintheirthinkingforthe
solutiontheyfound.
(ShowThinking)

Explaintheirownthinkingand
thinkingofotherswithaccurate
vocabulary.
(Question/Waittime)

3b

Critiquethereasoning
ofothers.

Understandanddiscussotherideas
andapproaches.
(PairShare)

Explainotherstudentssolutionsand
identifystrengthsandweaknessesof
thesolution.
(Question/Waittime)

Makesenseof
Explaintheirthoughtprocessesin
problems solvingaproblemoneway.

Explaintheirthoughtprocessesin
solvingaproblemandrepresentingit
inseveralways.

(Question/Waittime)
(PairShare)
Staywithachallengingproblemfor Tryseveralapproachesinfindinga
morethanoneattempt.
solution,andonlyseekhintsifstuck.
(Question/Waittime)
(Grouping/Engaging)

(A)=Advanced
Discuss,explain,anddemonstrate
solvingaproblemwithmultiple
representationsandinmultipleways.
(Grouping/Engaging)
Strugglewithvariousattemptsover
time,andlearnfromprevious
solutionattempts.
(ShowThinking)
Convertsituationsintosymbolsto
appropriatelysolveproblemsaswell
asconvertsymbolsintomeaningful
situations.
(EncourageReasoning)
Justifyandexplain,withaccurate
languageandvocabulary,whytheir
solutioniscorrect.
(Grouping/Engaging)

Compareandcontrastvarious
solutionstrategiesandexplainthe
reasoningofothers.
(Grouping/Engaging)

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Modelwith
Mathematics

Usemodelstorepresentandsolvea
problem,andtranslatethesolution
tomathematicalsymbols.
(Grouping/Engaging)

Usemodelsandsymbolstorepresent
andsolveaproblem,andaccurately
explainthesolutionrepresentation.
(Question/Prompt)

Useappropriatetools
strategically

Usetheappropriatetooltofinda
solution.
(Grouping/Engaging)

Selectfromavarietyoftoolsthe
onesthatcanbeusedtosolvea
problem,andexplaintheirreasoning
fortheselection.
(Grouping/Engaging)

Attendtoprecision

Communicatetheirreasoningand
solutiontoothers.
(ShowThinking)

Incorporateappropriatevocabulary
andsymbolswhencommunicating
withothers.
(AllowingStruggle)

Lookforandmakeuse
ofstructure

Lookforandexpress
regularityinrepeated
reasoning

Lookforstructurewithin
mathematicstohelpthemsolve
problemsefficiently(suchas2x7x
5hasthesamevalueas2x5x7,so
insteadofmultiplying14x5,which
is(2x7)x5,thestudentcan
mentallycalculate10x7.
(Question/Prompt)
Lookforobviouspatterns,anduse
if/thenreasoningstrategiesfor
obviouspatterns.

(Grouping/Engaging)

Useavarietyofmodels,symbolic
representations,andtechnology
toolstodemonstrateasolutiontoa
problem.
(ShowThinking)
Combinevarioustools,including
technology,exploreandsolvea
problemaswellasjustifytheirtool
selectionandproblemsolution.
(ShowThinking)

Useappropriatesymbols,vocabulary,
andlabelingtoeffectively
communicateandexchangeideas.
(EncourageReasoning)

Composeanddecomposenumber
Seecomplexandcomplicated
situationsandrelationshipsthrough
mathematicalexpressionsas
observedpatternsinordertosimplify componentparts.
solutions.

(AllowingStruggle)
(EncourageReasoning)
Findandexplainsubtlepatterns.

(AllowingStruggle)

Discoverdeep,underlying
relationships,i.e.uncoveramodelor
equationthatunifiesthevarious
aspectsofaproblemsuchas
discoveringanunderlyingfunction.
(EncourageReasoning)

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