WGU: C109 Elementary Math Methods
Practice Questions 100% Pass
According to the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000), curriculum is more than a collection of activities, but rather is considered to be all of the following ✔✔* focused on important mathematics.
- well-articulated across the grades.
- coherent in content
NOT: formulated on standard methods.
According to the Teaching Principle defined by NCTM, effective mathematics teaching requires: ✔✔understanding what students know and need to learn
The Technology Principle states that technology is essential in teaching and learning mathematics. ✔✔True
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The NCTM standards does NOT provide a national curriculum for mathematics education ✔✔True
The Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) document makes which of the following statements about drill and practice. ✔✔Drill may produce short term results on traditional tests
NOT: Drill should be considered "doing" mathematics.
Drill leads to understanding.Drill leads to mastery of basic skills.
In order to create an environment for doing mathematics, the teacher's role is to: ✔✔create a spirit of inquiry, trust, and expectations.
Traditional teaching approaches lead children to accept all of the following: ✔✔* that they should not expect a to solve a problem without a prescriptive method.
- that there is only one way to solve any problem.
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- that every problem has a predetermined solution.
NOT: that making sense of mathematics is what is important
A desirable mathematical environment includes: ✔✔*the focus is on students actively figuring things out.
*reasoning is celebrated as students defend their methods and justify their solution.
*students are testing ideas and making conjectures, developing reasons and offering explanations.
NOT: students are working through practice problems to learn the mathematical strategy.
Repetitive drill is NOT needed to do mathematics as you master the skills ✔✔True
Teachers must NOT continue teaching by telling ✔✔True
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