š”Drivers of Investigation
This Driver of Investigation focuses on using mathematics to understand and explain how the world works.
What is Make Sense of the World?
This SMP asks students to keep trying when solving a problem and explain their thinking.
What is Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them?
This Content Connection helps students understand data by collecting, organizing, and interpreting it.
What is Reasoning with Data?
Where can I find the Altus Key Themes for Grades 3-HS?
Teacher Math Sway!
What are the 4 math claims?
Claim 1 - Concepts and Procedures
Claim 2 -Problem Solving
Claim 3 -Communicating Reasoning
Claim 4 - Modeling and Data Analysis
When students use math to forecast results or anticipate outcomes, they are using this Driver of Investigation.
What is Predict What Could Happen?
This SMP involves interpreting quantities and relationships in realāworld contexts.
What is Reason abstractly and quantitatively?
In this Content Connection, students learn how numbers can be broken apart and put together to solve problems with addition, subtraction, and fractions.
What is Taking Wholes Apart, Putting Parts Together (CC3)?
Name the 4 Key themes for 8th grade
Big & Small Numbers ā Exponents
Proportional Relationships
Linear Equations
Transformational Geo. & Pythagorean Theorem
Which Claim do our students struggle with the most?
Claim 1 - Concepts and Procedures
This Driver of Investigation emphasizes using mathematics to influence decisions and improve future outcomes.
What is Impact the Future?
This SMP asks students to develop logical arguments and question othersā reasoning.
What is Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others?
This Content Connection explores how quantities change, such as speed, temperature, or patterns in a sequence.
What is Exploring Changing Quantities (CC2)?
Acceptable Responses :
They help teachers identify which topics to give extra focus or emphasis during tutoring sessions.
They guide teachers on how to use supplemental resources effectively.
They highlight concepts emphasized on assessments.
They support overall mathematical coherence and connections across topics.
In which SBA math claim will you find the most error-analysis questions?
Claim 3- Communicating Reasoning
*Note: This claim focuses on students constructing and critiquing reasoning, which includes identifying, explaining, and correcting errors in mathematical solutions.
A class analyzes drought data to understand current water use patterns and explain why shortages occur. Which Driver of Investigation is emphasized?
What is Make Sense of the World?
This SMP involves students using tools such as calculators, rulers, or software wisely.
What is Use appropriate tools strategically?
Students investigate this Content Connection when they study shapes, their properties, and how they can be transformed or arranged in space.
What is Discovering Shape and Space (CC4)?
Since we have selected key themes, does this mean we can ignore all other topics?
Ignoring other topics could create gaps in studentsā overall mathematical understanding.
Key themes serve as a guide to help teachers identify which topics deserve extra focus, attention, and resources to support studentsā mastery of the most important concepts.
Which of the two math claims tend to have the most number of PT and Word problems?
Claim 2 ā Problem Solving ā
Claim 4 ā Modeling and Data Analysis ā
Students model population growth, predict future housing needs, and recommend policy changes to city leaders. Which 3 Drivers of Investigation are involved?
What are Make Sense of the World, Predict What Could Happen, and Impact the Future?
This SMP asks students to see patterns in repeated work and generalize from them.
What is Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning?
A teacher designs a project where students collect rainfall data, graph the results, and analyze trends over several months. Which Content Connection(s) are being applied, and why?
Reasoning with Data (CC1) because students collect, represent, and analyze data;
Exploring Changing Quantities (CC2) because they examine how rainfall amounts change over time.
How can these key themes be used to help improve student test scores?
Acceptable Responses:
They help teachers focus instruction on the most important topics for the grade level.
They guide the use of targeted practice and supplemental resources.
They allow teachers to design lessons that strengthen studentsā understanding of high-priority concepts.
They support coherent connections between topics, helping students apply knowledge more effectively on assessments.
Which Claim makes up about 50% of the SBA Math Assessment Questions?
Claim 1 - Concepts and Procedures