I need to take my students to a deeper level of understanding. I cannot do that if I continue to teach a mile wide. Adopting the College and Career Readiness standards is the first step in moving American teachers to teach a mile deep! Here is a link to a document that breaks down content standards by grade level. It explains the critical areas of focus at each grade level k-8.
Standards define what students should understand and be able to
do in their study of mathematics. Asking a student to understand
something means asking a teacher to assess whether the student has
understood it. But what does mathematical understanding look like?
One hallmark of mathematical understanding is the ability to justify, in a way
appropriate to the student’s mathematical maturity,why a particular mathematical
statement is true or where a mathematical rule comes from.
There is a world of difference between a student who can summon a
mnemonic device to expand a product such as (a +b)(x + y) and a
student who can explain where the mnemonic comes from.
"Introduction." - Common Core State Standards. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014
Standards define what students should understand and be able to
do in their study of mathematics. Asking a student to understand
something means asking a teacher to assess whether the student has
understood it. But what does mathematical understanding look like?
One hallmark of mathematical understanding is the ability to justify, in a way
appropriate to the student’s mathematical maturity,why a particular mathematical
statement is true or where a mathematical rule comes from.
There is a world of difference between a student who can summon a
mnemonic device to expand a product such as (a +b)(x + y) and a
student who can explain where the mnemonic comes from.
"Introduction." - Common Core State Standards. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014