Content |
rate of change |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
No CCG |
Keyword: rate of change |
Elaboration: slope of 3D objects, angle of elevationinterest rates |
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Content |
financial literacy: personal investments, loans, and budgeting |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
No CCG |
Keyword: financial literacy |
Elaboration: personal investments, loans (lease versus buy), credit cards, mortgages, graphical representations of financial growthto purchase, own, or lease and to operate and maintain a vehiclebanking servicesother significant purchases |
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Curricular Competency |
Incorporate First Peoples worldviews, perspectives, knowledge, and practices to make connections with mathematical concepts |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Connecting and reflecting |
Keyword: Incorporate |
Elaboration: by:collaborating with Elders and knowledge keepers among local First Peoplesexploring the First Peoples Principles of Learning (http://www.fnesc.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PUB-LFP-POSTER-Princi…; e.g., Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experimental, and relational [focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place]; Learning involves patience and time)making explicit connections with learning mathematicsexploring cultural practices and knowledge of local First Peoples and identifying mathematical connections |
Keyword: knowledge |
Elaboration: local knowledge and cultural practices that are appropriate to share and that are non-appropriated |
Keyword: practices |
Elaboration: Bishop’s cultural practices: counting, measuring, locating, designing, playing, explaining (http://www.csus.edu/indiv/o/oreyd/ACP.htm_files/abishop.htm)Aboriginal Education Resources: (www.aboriginaleducation.ca)Teaching Mathematics in a First Nations Context, FNESC (http://www.fnesc.ca/resources/math-first-peoples/) |
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Curricular Competency |
Use mistakes as opportunities to advance learning |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Connecting and reflecting |
Keyword: mistakes |
Elaboration: range from calculation errors to misconceptions |
Keyword: opportunities to advance learning |
Elaboration: by:analyzing errors to discover misunderstandingsmaking adjustments in further attemptsidentifying not only mistakes but also parts of a solution that are correct |
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Curricular Competency |
Connect mathematical concepts with each other, other areas, and personal interests |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Connecting and reflecting |
Keyword: Connect mathematical concepts |
Elaboration: to develop a sense of how mathematics helps us understand ourselves and the world around us (e.g., daily activities, local and traditional practices, popular media and news events, social justice, cross-curricular integration) |
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Curricular Competency |
Reflect on mathematical thinking |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Connecting and reflecting |
Keyword: Reflect |
Elaboration: share the mathematical thinking of self and others, including evaluating strategies and solutions, extending, posing new problems and questions |
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Curricular Competency |
Take risks when offering ideas in classroom discourse |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Communicating and representing |
Keyword: discourse |
Elaboration: is valuable for deepening understanding of conceptscan help clarify students’ thinking, even if they are not sure about an idea or have misconceptions |
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Curricular Competency |
Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to discussions in the classroom |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Communicating and representing |
Keyword: discussions |
Elaboration: partner talks, small-group discussions, teacher-student conferences |
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Curricular Competency |
Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Communicating and representing |
Keyword: Represent |
Elaboration: using models, tables, graphs, words, numbers, symbolsconnecting meanings among various representations |
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Curricular Competency |
Explain and justify mathematical ideas and decisions in many ways |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Communicating and representing |
Keyword: Explain and justify |
Elaboration: use mathematical arguments to convinceincludes anticipating consequences |
Keyword: decisions |
Elaboration: Have students explore which of two scenarios they would choose and then defend their choice. |
Keyword: many ways |
Elaboration: including oral, written, visual, use of technologycommunicating effectively according to what is being communicated and to whom |
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Curricular Competency |
Engage in problem-solving experiences connected with place, story, cultural practices, and perspectives relevant to local First Peoples communities, the local community, and other cultures |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: connected |
Elaboration: through daily activities, local and traditional practices, popular media and news events, cross-curricular integrationby posing and solving problems or asking questions about place, stories, and cultural practices |
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Curricular Competency |
Solve problems with persistence and a positive disposition |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: persistence and a positive disposition |
Elaboration: not giving up when facing a challengeproblem solving with vigour and determination |
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Curricular Competency |
Apply flexible and strategic approaches to solve problems |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: flexible and strategic approaches |
Elaboration: deciding which mathematical tools to use to solve a problemchoosing an effective strategy to solve a problem (e.g., guess and check, model, solve a simpler problem, use a chart, use diagrams, role-play) |
Keyword: solve problems |
Elaboration: interpret a situation to identify a problemapply mathematics to solve the problemanalyze and evaluate the solution in terms of the initial contextrepeat this cycle until a solution makes sense |
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Curricular Competency |
Visualize to explore and illustrate mathematical concepts and relationships |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: Visualize |
Elaboration: create and use mental images to support understandingVisualization can be supported using dynamic materials (e.g., graphical relationships and simulations), concrete materials, drawings, and diagrams. |
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Curricular Competency |
Develop, demonstrate, and apply conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas through play, story, inquiry, and problem solving |
Workplace Mathematics 11 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: inquiry |
Elaboration: includes structured, guided, and open inquirynoticing and wonderingdetermining what is needed to make sense of and solve problems |
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