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The Mathematical Habits of Mind describe ways in which developing students of mathematics increasingly engage with the subject matter as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise throughout the elementary, middle and high school years.
The Mathematical Habits of Mind describe ways in which developing students of mathematics increasingly engage with the subject matter as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise throughout the elementary, middle and high school years.
MHM4. Model with mathematics.
Understand this is a way to reason quantitatively and abstractly (able to decontextualize and contextualize).
Apply the math they know to solve problems in everyday life.
Are able to simplify a complex problem and identify important quantities to look at relationships.
Represent mathematics to describe a situation either with an equation or a diagram and interpret the results of a mathematical situation.
Reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving or revising the model.
Ask themselves, “How can I represent this mathematically?”
Questions to Develop Mathematical Thinking Related to Habit 4
Questions to Develop Mathematical Thinking Related to Habit 4
What number model could you construct to represent the problem?
What are some ways to represent the quantities?
What’s an equation or expression that matches the diagram, number line, chart, or table?
Where did you see one of the quantities in the task in your equation or expression?
Would it help to create a diagram, graph, or table?
What are some ways to visually represent?
What formula might apply in this situation?
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