Communication [C]
Students need opportunities to read about, represent, view, write about, listen to, and discuss mathematical ideas. These opportunities allow students to create links between their own language and ideas, and the formal language and symbols of mathematics.
Connections [CN]
When mathematical ideas are connected to each other or to real-world phenomena, students can begin to view mathematics as useful, relevant, and integrated. Connecting information can validate past experiences, and increase student willingness to participate and be actively engaged.
Mental Mathematics and Estimation [ME]
Mental mathematics enables students to determine answers without paper and pencil. It improves computational fluency by developing efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility. Estimation is used to make mathematical judgements and develop useful, efficient strategies for dealing with situations in daily life.
Problem Solving [PS]
Creating an environment where students openly look for and engage in finding a variety of strategies for solving problems empowers students to explore alternatives and develops confident, cognitive, mathematical risk takers.
Reasoning [R]
Mathematical reasoning helps students think logically and make sense of mathematics.
Technology [T]
Technology contributes to the learning of a wide range of mathematical outcomes and enables students to explore and create patterns, examine relationships, test conjectures, and solve problems.
Visualization [V]
Visualization involves thinking in pictures and images, and the ability to perceive, transform and recreate different aspects of the visual-spatial world. The use of visualization in the study of mathematics provides students with the opportunity to understand mathematical concepts and make connections among them.
Students need opportunities to read about, represent, view, write about, listen to, and discuss mathematical ideas. These opportunities allow students to create links between their own language and ideas, and the formal language and symbols of mathematics.
Connections [CN]
When mathematical ideas are connected to each other or to real-world phenomena, students can begin to view mathematics as useful, relevant, and integrated. Connecting information can validate past experiences, and increase student willingness to participate and be actively engaged.
Mental Mathematics and Estimation [ME]
Mental mathematics enables students to determine answers without paper and pencil. It improves computational fluency by developing efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility. Estimation is used to make mathematical judgements and develop useful, efficient strategies for dealing with situations in daily life.
Problem Solving [PS]
Creating an environment where students openly look for and engage in finding a variety of strategies for solving problems empowers students to explore alternatives and develops confident, cognitive, mathematical risk takers.
Reasoning [R]
Mathematical reasoning helps students think logically and make sense of mathematics.
Technology [T]
Technology contributes to the learning of a wide range of mathematical outcomes and enables students to explore and create patterns, examine relationships, test conjectures, and solve problems.
Visualization [V]
Visualization involves thinking in pictures and images, and the ability to perceive, transform and recreate different aspects of the visual-spatial world. The use of visualization in the study of mathematics provides students with the opportunity to understand mathematical concepts and make connections among them.