ESM2 Task 1.docx Running head: Task 1 Professional Mathematics Standards ESM2 ESM2 Task 1: Professional Mathematics Standards A. The NCTM algebra standard was effectively addressed in the lesson from the vid
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ESM2 Task 1.docx Running head: Task 1 Professional Mathematics Standards ESM2 ESM2 Task 1: Professional Mathematics Standards A. The NCTM algebra standard was effectively addressed in the lesson from the video, because it included several aspects of the standard. The algebra standard involves students using the skills they have learned about numbers and operations, and combining those skills with algebraic reasoning to determine the relationships of patterns and functions. The algebra standard collectively states that algebra is best learned when students are encouraged to use their reasoning skills to analyze mathematical situations to make connections of quantitative relationships. Then the students should use algebraic symbols and models to represent their understanding of these relationships. Within the first two minute of the video of the Staircase lesson, during the instruction part, the teacher tells the students that they will be using a generalization rule to come up with an equation to solve for N number of blocks, and that they need to be looking to see if there is any pattern. These statements alone support the algebra standard that is being taught. The algebra standard is demonstrated in the video in so many different areas that it was hard to just pick a couple. One of the first areas I noticed the algebra standard being demonstrated by the students, was around the time frame of 2:40, you can see their working models on the paper and they are trying to determine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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