Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions

The vision of the mathematics standards is focused on achieving one crucial goal:

To enable ALL of New Jersey’s children to acquire the mathematical skills, understandings and attitudes that they will need to be successful in their careers and daily lives.

Big Ideas:

 Number Sense
 Numerical Operations
 Estimation
 Geometric Properties
 Transforming Shapes
 Coordinate Geometry
 Units of Measurement
 Measuring Geometric Objects
 Patterns
 Functions and Relationships
 Modeling
 Procedures
 Data Analysis (Statistics)
 Probability
 Discrete Mathematics – Systematic Listing and Counting
 Discrete Mathematics – Vertex-Edge Graphs and Algorithims





Skills:

 Problem Solving
 Communication
 Connections
 Reasoning
 Representations
 Technology






Dispositions:

 Students are excited by and interested in their activities.
 Students learn important mathematical concepts rather than memorizing and practicing procedures.
 Students pose and solve meaningful problems.
 Students work together to learn mathematics.
 Students write and talk about mathematics every day.
 Students use calculators and computers as important tools of learning.
 Students foster respect for the power of mathematics.
 Students set high expectations for themselves.
 Students go beyond the standards to advance their understanding of mathematics.