💡Drivers of Investigation
This Driver of Investigation focuses on understanding and explaining real phenomena.
What is Making Sense of the World (Understand and Explain)?
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 focuses on supporting students in interpreting, analyzing, and communicating what data shows.
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
This Driver of Investigation is about anticipating outcomes based on patterns or data.
What is Predicting What Could Happen (Predict)?
This SMP involves interpreting quantities and relationships in real‑world contexts.
What is Reason abstractly and quantitatively?
This Content Connection includes change and rate, often linked to functions and patterns.
What is Exploring Changing Quantities?
Name the 4 Key themes for 8th grade
Big & Small Numbers – 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 involves considering how mathematics can influence decisions or future situations.
What is Impacting the Future ?
This SMP asks students to develop logical arguments and question others’ reasoning.
What is Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others?
This Content Connection involves breaking wholes into parts, like fractions or factors.
What is Taking Wholes Apart, Putting Parts Together?
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.
In a classroom task, this driver would motivate students to ask “how does this help us understand something in the world?
What is Making Sense of the World (Understand and Explain)?
This SMP involves students using tools such as calculators, rulers, or software wisely.
What is Use appropriate tools strategically?
This Content Connection focuses on geometry and spatial reasoning.
What is Discovering Shape and Space?
Since we have selected key themes, does this mean we can ignore all other topics?
Ignoring other topics could create gaps in students’ overall mathematical understanding.
Key themes serve as a guide to help teachers identify which topics deserve extra focus, attention, and resources to support students’ 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 – Problem Solving ✅
Claim 4 – Modeling and Data Analysis ✅
A task where students use data to predict future trends and justify their reasoning connects this Driver of Investigation with which Content Connection? (Name one driver + one content connection)
What is Predicting What Could Happen with Reasoning with Data?
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 Big Idea linking Predicting What Could Happen with Reasoning with Data might involve students making sense of data to answer realistic questions. What two Framework elements are combined here?
What is Predicting What Could Happen (DI) and Reasoning with Data (CC)?
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 students’ 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