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Exploring What it Means to Do Mathematics

This activity contains 11 questions.

	"Doing" mathematics includes a collection of verbs a teacher should use, including...   calculate state find conjecture

	The Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) document makes which of the following statement about drill and practice.   Drill leads to mastery of basic skills Drill leads to understanding Drill may produce short term results on traditional tests Drill should be considered "doing" mathematics

	In order to create an environment for doing mathematics, the teacher's role is to....   Test ideas and conjectures and tell students the results Demonstrate mathematical procedures Create a spirit of inquiry, trust, and expectations Focus on posing problems

	Traditional teaching approaches lead children to accept all of the following EXCEPT   that making sense of mathematics is what is important that there is only one way to solve any problem that they should not expect a to solve a problem without a prescriptive method that every problem has a predetermined solution

	All of the following statements are true about the desirable mathematical environment EXCEPT   students are testing ideas and making conjectures, developing reasons and offering explanations the focus is on students actively figuring things out students are working through practice problems to learn the mathematical strategy reasoning is celebrated as students defend their methods and justify their solution

	Repetitive drill is needed to do mathematics as you master the skills.    True  False

	Using tree diagrams is a good visual way to represent chance situations.    True  False

	Every idea introduced in the mathematics classroom can and should be completely understood by every child.    True  False

	Drill should never come before understanding.    True  False

	Teachers must continue teaching by telling.    True  False

	Explain the environment that has children "doing" mathematics.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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