Number: MA.K12.MTR.5
Title: Use patterns and structure to help understand and connect mathematical concepts.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Mathematics (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: K12
Strand: Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
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Description |
| MA.K12.MTR.5.1: | Use patterns and structure to help understand and connect mathematical concepts. Mathematicians who use patterns and structure to help understand and connect mathematical concepts: - Focus on relevant details within a problem.
- Create plans and procedures to logically order events, steps or ideas to solve problems.
- Decompose a complex problem into manageable parts.
- Relate previously learned concepts to new concepts.
- Look for similarities among problems.
- Connect solutions of problems to more complicated large-scale situations.
Clarifications:
Teachers who encourage students to use patterns and structure to help understand and connect mathematical concepts:- Help students recognize the patterns in the world around them and connect these patterns to mathematical concepts.
- Support students to develop generalizations based on the similarities found among problems.
- Provide opportunities for students to create plans and procedures to solve problems.
- Develop students’ ability to construct relationships between their current understanding and more sophisticated ways of thinking.
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Related Resources
Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.
Perspectives Video: Teaching Ideas
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Description |
| Exploring the Hat Polygon: | Unlock an effective teaching strategy for engaging students with the newly discovered hat polygon in this Teacher Perspectives video for educators. |
| Double Bubble Diagram to Compare Math Concepts: | Unlock an effective teaching strategy for helping students make connections in mathematics using the Double Bubble Diagram in this Teacher Perspectives video for educators. |
