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Alabama Quality Teaching

Standards

University of West Alabama

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• Overview of the module

– Introduction to each of the mathematical

standards required by the State of Alabama

– Practice problems for each standard

– End-of-module assessment

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The Alabama Quality Teaching Standards (AQTS) require that prospective teachers exhibit proficiency in the following areas of math literacy

1. Knowledge of the role that mathematics plays in everyday life

2. The ability to communicate with others about mathematical concepts, processes, and symbols

3. Knowledge of the concepts and relationships in number systems

4. Knowledge in the appropriate use of various types of reasoning

5. Knowledge of metric and customary measurement and fundamental geometric concepts

6. The ability to solve problems using different strategies

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• Table of Contents

– Standard 1

– Standard 2

– Standard 3

– Standard 4

– Standard 5

– Standard 6

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Standard 1

Knowledge of the role that mathematics plays in everyday life.

Standard 2

Communicate with others about mathematical concepts, processes, and symbols

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Think of ways you have used math today:

• What’s the latest time I can get up and still get to work or school on time?

• Do I have enough change to purchase a newspaper?

• Check the temperature – do I need a jacket?

• How much over the speed limit am I driving?

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As you view the following youtube video, identify three different ways in which mathematics is part of our lives in interesting ways…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtqlIVN9bh8

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• Task for Standard 1 and 2

Find two lesson plans in your content area in which math

is an integral part of the lesson. Write a paragraph about

each lesson plan explaining what math is involved in the

lesson, and why that math is important in everyday life.

http://alex.state.al.us/

Submit lesson plans and paragraphs to your instructor.

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• Standard 3

Knowledge of the concepts and relationships in number systems

The human numbering system is complex, but where did it originate? See this link for a quick trip through the history of number systems…

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/topics/num-sys.html

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• Let’s first look at the Real Number

system…

http://www.uiowa.edu/~examserv/mathmatt

ers/tutorial_quiz/arithmetic/realnumbersyste

m.html

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There is another set of numbers known as

imaginary numbers. Imaginary numbers were

conceived in response to the question of whether

or not we could think about the square root of

negative numbers, like √-81

√-81 is imaginary because there is no number

that can be multiplied by itself and result in a

negative product ( 9 x 9 = +81 and -9 x -9 = +81,

there’s no way to get -81 by squaring a number)

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• i is used to represent √-1

– This is how we write imaginary numbers:

√-49 = 7i

√-100 = 10i

√-25 = 5i

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• Task for Standard 3

– Complete Standard 3 Practice Set

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• Standard 4

Knowledge of the appropriate use of various types of reasoning

• Inductive

• Deductive

• Spatial

• Proportional

Understanding valid and invalid forms of reasoning

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See the following website for an overview

of inductive and deductive reasoning.

– http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/previewtest?Y/Z/L/

T/14841329498191

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See the following word document for an

overview of spatial and proportional

reasoning

Proportional and Spatial Reasoning

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• Task for Standard 4

– Complete Standard 4 Practice Set

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• Standard 5

– Knowledge of metric and customary

measurement

– Knowledge of fundamental geometric concepts,

including shapes and their properties and

relationships

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• Metric and Customary Measurements– As a refresher, work through the practice exercises at

the following website:

• http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/d/measure4l.cfm

• Click on Let’s Practice at the bottom of the page for practice problems.

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• Task for Standard 5

– Complete Standard 5 Measurement Practice Set

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• Fundamental Geometric Concepts

– Read the information on the following website

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/

mathlab/beg_algebra/beg_alg_tut33_geom.htm

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• Task for Standard 5

– Complete Standard 5 Geometry Practice Set

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• Standard 6

– Solve problems using different strategies, to

verify and interpret results, and to draw

conclusions

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• Go to the following website to view

examples of several problem solving

strategies.

http://www.mathstories.com/strategies.htm

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• Task for Standard 6

– Complete Standard 6 Practice Set

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• Now that you have reviewed all AQTS

math literacy standards, you are ready to

take the end-of-module assessment

• Log in to Blackboard and take test…