Mathematics
Hour of Code
Students playing a math game using estimation
program Philosophy
The curriculum provides for a sequential presentation of mathematics contributing to present and probable future educational, vocational, and cultural needs of the students. Also, courses of study are available to students of varying ability which attempt to meet their individual needs. The Ramsey mathematics department promotes critical thinking and problem solving. Students will build the capacity to reason mathematically and gain the essential skills needed to explore situations numerically, graphically, and algebraically ant to communicate their thinking effectively.
program Transfer Goals
What will a Ramsey graduate be able to DO after completing the K-12 course of study in Mathematics?
Interpret and persevere in solving complex mathematical problems using strategic thinking and expressing answers with a degree of precision appropriate for the problem context.
Express appropriate mathematical reasoning by constructing viable arguments, critiquing the reasoning of others, and attending to precision when making mathematical statements.
Apply mathematical knowledge to analyze and model mathematical relationships in the context of a situation in order to make decisions, draw conclusions, and solve problems.
Construct viable arguments involving mathematics and statistics and critique the reasoning of others.
Reason logically and mathematically
Overarching Enduring Understandings
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
Use mathematical models to represent situations graphically, symbolically, numerically, and verbally
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Creatively attack challenges and view problems from various perspectives
Use math to handle and organize data and to understand the world around us
Overarching Essential Questions
What’s the pattern? What does the pattern mean?
What kind of problem is this? How can I tell? What is familiar in this new problem?
How else might this problem be seen?
How can this problem be simplified or clarified so that we understand what it is asking and how to solve it? To what is this equivalent?
What should we do when we’re stuck? How should we try to solve difficult problems?
How might technology help us here? Is technology enhancing or impeding our problem solving here?
What would be the best way to represent this quantity here, and why?
How can patterns forecast the future, and how well?
How can statistics (data) lie/mislead? How can we avoid being misled?