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	About Math Solutions At Math Solutions, we've been transforming instruction for almost 30 years. Now the same strategies and methods we use for developing student proficiency are embodied in the Common Core.
Our Common Core courses, consulting, and coaching incorporate our four Guiding Principles and support educators to:
	Strengthen their math content and pedagogical knowledge in order to understand various solution paths and students' reasoning. Understand how students learn in order to make instructional decisions about tasks to use and questions to pose. Develop insight into individual learners' content mastery and math reasoning. Cultivate new instructional strategies that promote thinking, reasoning, and sense making. Standards for Mathematical Practice Central to the Common Core are the Standards for Mathematical Practice. These practices reflect the most advanced and innovative thinking on how all students should interact with math content to master essential skills and their underlying concepts. The standards call upon students to speculate, reason, defend and debate their thinking, and to solve problems in more than one way. They are also expected to connect math to everyday problems, using it to simplify complex situations. In doing this, they should be able to symbolical represent problems—understanding the underlying meaning not just how to apply the formula. And finally, they should look for patterns and shortcuts while strategically selecting tools to help them with problem solving. Explain It to Me Videos A brief introduction to the Standards for Mathematical Practice and the "big idea" behind each of the eight practices. Loading playlist ... Learning Outcomes CCSS—Standards for Mathematical Practice Learning Outcomes with Math Solutions Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them Students understand what they are being asked and consider multiple strategies and tools to analyze and solve problems. Reason abstractly and quantitatively Students use mathematics in the abstract and are able to symbolically represent quantities and their relationships—understanding the underlying meaning, not just how to compute. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others Individually or in groups, students articulate and defend their ideas and analyze the reasoning of others. Model with mathematics Students apply the mathematics they know to solve problems using tools such as diagrams, tables, graphs, and formulas to represent and analyze relationships and draw conclusions. Use appropriate tools strategically Students consider available tools—including concrete models and technology—and use them strategically to solve mathematical problems. Attend to precision Students are precise in their mathematical communication, use of terminology, and are careful about expressing numerical answers with a degree of precision appropriate for the problem context. Look for and make use of structure Students look for and make use of pattern and structure in learning mathematics and solving problems. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning Students notice repetitions in calculations and look for general methods and for shortcuts. Bring Math Solutions to Your School or District Math Solutions looks forward to partnering with you to help you meet your Common Core goals. Contact us today to speak with one of our educational consultants. Request More Information: Learn more about our Common Core Solution ››