Mathematical Standards for High School PROCESS The high school standards specify the mathematics that all students Conceptual categories portray a coherent view of high school should in order to be college and career ready. Additional mathematics; a student’s work with functions, for example, crosses a mathematics that students should learn in order to take advanced number of traditional course boundaries, potentially up through and courses such as calculus, advanced statistics, or discrete including calculus. mathematics is indicated by (+), as in this example: (+) Represent complex numbers on the complex plane in Modeling is best interpreted not as a collection of isolated topics but in rectangular and polar form (including real and imaginary relation to standards. Making mathematical models is a numbers). Standard for Mathematical Practice, and specific modeling standards appear throughout the high school standards indicated by a star All standards without a (+) symbol should be in the common symbol (★). mathematics curriculum for all college and career ready students. Standards with a (+) symbol may also appear in courses intended for Proofs in high school mathematics should not be limited to geometry. all students. However, standards with a (+) symbol will not appear on Mathematically proficient high school students employ multiple Ohio’s State Tests. methods, including algebraic derivations, proofs using coordinates, and proofs based on geometric transformations, including The high school standards are listed in conceptual categories: symmetries. These proofs are supported by the use of diagrams and Modeling • dynamic software and are written in multiple formats including not just Number and Quantity • two-column proofs but also proofs in paragraph form, including Algebra • mathematical symbols. In statistics, rather than using mathematical Functions • proofs, arguments are made based on empirical evidence within a Geometry • properly designed statistical investigation. Statistics and Probability •
Mathematical Standards for High School PROCESS The high school standards specify the mathematics that all students should in order to be college and career ready. Additional mathematics that students should learn in order to take advanced courses such as calculus, advanced statistics, or discrete mathematics is indicated by (+), as in this example: (+) Represent complex numbers on the complex plane in rectangular and polar form (including real and imaginary numbers). All standards without a (+) symbol should be in the common mathematics curriculum for all college and career ready students. Standards with a (+) symbol may also appear in courses intended for all students. However, standards with a (+) symbol will not appear on Ohio’s State Tests. The high school standards are listed in conceptual categories: • Modeling • Number and Quantity • Algebra • Functions • Geometry • Statistics and Probability Conceptual categories portray a coherent view of high school mathematics; a student’s work with functions, for example, crosses a number of traditional course boundaries, potentially up through and including calculus. Modeling is best interpreted not as a collection of isolated topics but in relation to standards. Making mathematical models is a Standard for Mathematical Practice, and specific modeling standards appear throughout the high school standards indicated by a star symbol (★). Proofs in high school mathematics should not be limited to geometry. Mathematically proficient high school students employ multiple methods, including algebraic derivations, proofs using coordinates, and proofs based on geometric transformations, including symmetries. These proofs are supported by the use of diagrams and dynamic software and are written in multiple formats including not just two-column proofs but also proofs in paragraph form, including mathematical symbols. In statistics, rather than using mathematical proofs, arguments are made based on empirical evidence within a properly designed statistical investigation.
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