Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Three Levels

Standard 3: Intermediate

Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.

Mathematical Reasoning

1. Students use mathematical reasoning to analyze mathematical situations, make conjectures,
gather evidence, and construct an argument.

Students:

     apply a variety of reasoning strategies.
     make and evaluate conjectures and arguments using appropriate language.
     make conclusions based on inductive reasoning.
     justify conclusions involving simple and compound (i.e., and/or) statements.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     use trial and error and work backwards to solve a problem.
     identify patterns in a number sequence.
     are asked to find numbers that satisfy two conditions, such as n > -4 and n < 6.