Standards for Mathematical Practice

1. Task Definition

7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

2. Information Seeking Strategies

8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, …

6. Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

8. Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

2. Write informative/explanatory texts … through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources ... and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism .

2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. H/SS

2. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. S/TS

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively:
... create a coherent representation of the problem at hand

5. Use appropriate tools strategically:
... make sound decisions about when tools might be helpful
... use technological tools

1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. H/SS

7. Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. H/SS

7. Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). S/TS

9. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic. S/TS

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them:
... explain correspondences between equations, verbal descriptions, tables, and graphs

3. Construct viable arguments:
... justify conclusions

6. Attend to precision:
... communicate precisely to others