Chapter 4 Pre-Test/Post-Test Scoring Model

1. What kind of shape is a triangle? A three sided polygon. A three sided shape with three (interior) angles.

Three angles. OR Three sides. OR, gives an example: acute.

A triangle. OR names something that may not exist. 2. Write the best definition you can for a triangle: A three sided polygon that can be classified by angle measure and side length, and the sum of the interior angles is 180o Has three interior angles that add up to 180o. Or, They can be classified by side length and angle measure. Names random properties or examples: They can be acute and have three sides. Has three angles.

3: Classifies shape correctly 2: Partially correct. Defines properties but doesnt understand classes of shapes. 1: Does not understand the difference between classes of shapes and properties. They can give examples or a property but cant see the general case. 0: Incorrect

3: Defines correctly and completely. 2: Information is correct but definition is not complete. 1: Lists properties but cannot formalize a definition. Does not use vocabulary or uses it incorrectly. 0: Incorrect

A triangle. OR A shape. OR something that doesnt exist.

3. What kind of triangles are there? For each example you make try to: name it, tell how you would classify it, draw a picture, and explain what you know about it.

By Angle Measure Acute triangles are triangles in which the measures of all three angles are less than 90 degrees. Obtuse triangles are triangles in which the measure of one angle is greater than 90 degrees. Therefore, I know by the Triangle Sum Theorem that the remaining two angles must be acute. Right triangles are triangles in which the measure of one angle equals 90 degrees. The corollary to the Triangle Sum Theorem tells me that the acute angles are complementary (they add to 90o) because 180-90=90, thus the remaining two angles must add to 90o. Equiangular triangles are triangles in which all three angles are congruent. Using the corollary to the Triangle Sum Theorem I know 180/3=60, thus each interior angle is 60o. The equiangular triangle corollary tells me that if a triangle is equiangular then it is equilateral. . By Side Length Isosceles triangles are triangles in which two of the sides are the same length. Also, by the Isosceles Triangle Theorem I know that if two sides of the triangle are congruent then the angles opposite the sides are congruent and by the converse if two angles of the triangle are congruent then the sides opposite those angles are congruent. .

3: Uses Theorems. Classifies all triangles correctly. Names Triangles Correctly. Gives Examples. Labels angles and sides correctly.

Equilateral triangles are triangles in which all three sides are the same length. All sides congruent. The equilateral triangle corollary tells me that if a triangle is equilateral then it is equiangular. Scalene triangles are triangles in which none of the sides are the same length. No congruent sides.

By Side Length: Scalene, Isosceles, Equilateral By Angle Measure: Acute, Obtuse, Equiangular, Right (Includes some drawings or properties) Example: Scalene, Right, Equilateral.

2: Classifies all triangles but does not define all of them using examples or theorems. 1: Classifies some triangles and does not define all of them using examples or theorems. 0: Answers Incorrectly

Names triangles that do not exist.

4. What do you know about the angles in a triangle? a. What is the sum of the angle measures inside a triangle? (What do the angle measures add up to?) How do you know? b. What kind of angles are formed by a triangle (or can be formed)? How do you know? There are three interior angles in a triangle and they are formed by two sides of the triangle. The sum of the angle measures is 180o and we know this by the Triangle Sum Theorem. An exterior angle is formed by one side of the triangle and the extension of the adjacent side and each exterior angle has two remote interior angles. The remote interior angles are just the two angles that are inside the triangle and are opposite the exterior angles. The remote angles, when added together, equal the exterior angle. We know this by the Exterior Angle Theorem. The angles within a triangle can be acute, obtuse, or right. However, if you have an obtuse angle the remaining to two will be acute 3: Uses Theorems correctly. Completely answers questions and justifies their answer.

Interior Angles sum to 180o Exterior Angles. Acute. Obtuse. Right. Remote Interior. 180o because I said so. Acute, Obtuse, Right.

Incorrect or Misconceived response. 5. (PRE-TEST) Name the triangle below: B

2: Correctly answers questions but does not justify some or all of their answers. 1: Lists an example or few examples but doesnt not justify. Missing information and validity of claims. 0: Incorrect response.

in any order because only one in picture. Isosceles

Equilateral, Acute, Obtuse, Right, Equiangular, Isosceles, or Scalene. .

Triangle. Or incorrect/misconceived response.

3: Correctly answers. Understands how to name a shape. 2: Partially correct. Includes information that they couldnt justify based on given figure. 1: Does not understand the difference between classifying a shape and naming it. Doesnt understand how to name a triangle. 0: Incorrect

5 (POST-TEST) Name the congruent triangles below: B E

Equilateral, Acute, Obtuse, Right, Equiangular, Isosceles, or Scalene. .

Triangle. Or incorrect/misconceived response.

3: Correctly answers. Understands how to name a shape. Understands corresponding congruent parts 2: Partially correct. They classify congruent parts but to congruent figures. OR understands naming but not corresponding congruent parts. 1: Does not understand the difference between classifying a shape and naming it. Doesnt understand how to name a triangle. 0: Incorrect

For the post test, use the same scale then add one point if they show any additional understanding in comparison with the pre-test.