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ProblemSolving#1

ProblemSolving#1

WordProblem:
Step1:Understand( Keyinfo)

Step3:Solve

Step2:PlanW
hatstrategywillyouuse?Whydidyou
choosethatstrategy?

Step4:VerifyandExplain
Writeacompletesentencetoputyouranswerincontext
Whyisyouranswerreasonable?

4StepProblemSolvingRubric

Understanding

Planning

Solving

Verifying
Explaining

Mathematical
Vocabulary

N/A

Studentprovidesalogical
stepbystepprocessfor
gettingfromwhattheyknow
towhattheydontknow
mathematically.

Allstepsarejustifiedindetail
explainingwhyeachstepis
done.

Studentfollowshis/herplan
usingmathematical
proceduresandcalculations.

Calculationsareaccurateand
relevant.

Stepbystepworkisshown
andorganized.
Studentcheckshis/her
solutionmathematicallyand
thesolutioniscorrectusing
estimationandtheinverse
operation(oppositeoperation)
whenrelevant.

Studentwritestheanswerina
completesentenceusing
correctunitsofmeasurement
andshowshowthesolution
relatestothecontext.

N/A

Youidentifiedkey
informationandunknown
informationaccuratelyand
completely.

Yourestatethequestionin
yourownwords.

Youpartiallyidentifiedkey
informationandunknown
informationORyouare
missingoneofthetwo
categories.

Yourestatethequestion.

Youidentifiedkey
informationandunknown
informationincorrectly.

Youdonotrestatethe
question.

Studentchoosesan
appropriatestrategywitha
specificreasonwhythey
chosetheparticularstrategy.

Theymayexplainwhythey
chosethestrategyby
explainingtheroleof
keywordsorexplain
reasoningbehindtheir
organizationofinformation.
(NOTbecauseitiseasier)
Studentfollowsaplanto
solvetheproblemusing
mathematicalproceduresand
calculations.

Calculationsareaccurateand
relevant.

Workisshown.

Studentcheckshis/her
solutionmathematically
(estimationORinverse
operation)andthesolutionis
correct.

Studentchoosesan
appropriatestrategywitha
generalreasonwhythey
chosetheparticularstrategy.

ORStudentchoosesan
inappropriatestrategy.

Studentdoesnotchosea
strategyordoesnotexplain
whytheychosethestrategy.

ORThestrategystateddoes
notmatchthestrategyactually
used.

Studentpartiallyfollowsa
planforsolvingtheproblem
usingmathematical
proceduresandcalculations.

Calculationsarepartially
correctandrelevant.

Someworkisshown.

Studentcheckshis/her
solutionmathematicallyand
thesolutioniscorrect.

Studentdoesnotfollowaplan
forsolvingtheproblemand/or
doesnotusemathematical
proceduresandcalculations.

Calculationsareincorrect
and/orirrelevant.

Studentwritestheanswerina
completesentenceusing
correctunitsofmeasurement.

Studenteitherdoesnotwrite
theanswerinacomplete
sentenceORdidnotuse
correctunitsofmeasurement

Studentneitherwritesthe
answerinacompletesentence
NORusescorrectunitsof
measurement.

Correctmathematical
vocabularyisused.

Somemathematical
vocabularyisusedand/oritis
usedincorrectly.

Mathematicalvocabularyis
notusedoritisused
incorrectly.

Studentdoesnotcheckhis/her
solutionmathematicallyand/or
thesolutionisincorrect.