Course Description

In this micro-credential, educators will engage and support students to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) eight Standards for Mathematical Practice describe “ways in which developing student practitioners of the discipline of mathematics increasingly ought to engage with the subject matter as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise through the elementary, middle and high school years.” Educators will learn how to select and use instructional materials that support the mathematical practices, create tasks that require students to use mathematical practices, and assess student learning in a way that reflects the mathematical practices. Mathematically proficient students understand and use stated assumptions, definitions, and previously established results in constructing arguments. They make conjectures and build a logical progression of statements to explore the truth of their conjectures. They are able to analyze situations by breaking them into cases, and can recognize and use counterexamples. They justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others. They reason inductively about data, making plausible arguments that take into account the context from which the data arose.

Course Objectives

-Educators will engage and support students to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

-Educators will analyze a student task, and the proficiency levels of the students

-Educators will explain Mathematical Practice Standard 3, "Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the Reasoning of Others," to families, support professionals, and/or other stakeholders.