Exemplars
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Grade 6 Exemplars 6.1.C
(6.1C) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoningTEKS: use integers to represent real-life situations
Student Exemplar A
Student Exemplar B
Dylan designed a survey to find out what his classmates think about lunch. They could pick one of three answers. Dylan assigned point values to each response.
Response Point Value Agree 2 Neutral 0 Disagree -2
His friend Diana suggested that he make a seven answer scale in order to get more detailed answers. Dylan thought this was a good suggestion, so he changed his responses.
Response Point Value Strongly Agree
Agree
Moderately Agree
Neutral
Moderately Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Dylan wants the “agree” response to be worth 6 points, and he wants the point values to be assigned with an obvious pattern similar to the one he used for the three answer scale. What are the other point values? Justify your answer.
Grade 6 Exemplars 6.1.B
(6.1B) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoningTEKS: generate equivalent forms of rational numbers including whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
Student Exemplar A
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Exemplars of Problem Solving - Four Levels
Task-Specific Rubrics and Benchmark Descriptors (using student examples).
Novice
The novice will have no understanding of the mathematics of probability, and no approach will be evident.
Apprentice
The apprentice will show some understanding of probability but will achieve an incorrect solution.
Practitioner
The practitioner will show understanding of probability concepts and will achieve a correct solution.
Expert
The expert will show understanding of theoretical and experimental probability and will use both to verify accuracy of the solution.