JOURNAL

Which event was most interesting for your birth year?

Why are the numbers in these events important?

What event was most surprising to you?

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The Language of Mathematics

Quantitative Reasoning Seminar

What is Language?

(SOURCE: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=language)

A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

What is the language of mathematics?

What is the language of numbers?

What is Mathematics?

(SOURCE: http://www.fccj.cc.fl.us/campuses/kent/campus_resources/learning_cntr_labs/lc_handouts/math/)

The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols.

What is Numeracy?

(SOURCE: http://www.google.com | SEARCH: numeracy; first entry)

The ability to understand and work with numbers.

What does it mean to be Competent?

(SOURCE: http://www.google.com | SEARCH: competent; first entry)

Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.

COMPETENCE,Discipline

& “When will I

ever use this?”

QR Competency – 9th Grade

The student will: Develop an understanding of numbers and operations,

as well as estimation◦ Demonstrate a deeper understanding of very large and very

small numbers and of various representations of them.◦ Compare and contrast the properties of numbers and number

systems.◦ Judge the effects of such operations as multiplication, division,

and computing powers and roots on the magnitude of quantities.◦ Judge the reasonableness of numerical computations and their results.

Demonstrate an understanding of measurement concepts◦ Make decisions about units and scales that are appropriate for

problem situations involving measurement.◦ Understand and use formulas for the area, perimeter, surface

area, and volume of geometric figures.◦ Use appropriate techniques and tools to determine measurement.

QR Competency – 9th Grade

Evaluate data and acquire knowledge of probability and data analysis◦ Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and

collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.◦ Know the characteristics of well-designed studies, including

the role of randomization in surveys and experiments.◦ Understand histograms, parallel box plots, and scatter plots

and use them to display data.◦ Compute basic statistics including measures of central

tendency.◦ Use simulations to explore experimental probability.◦ Evaluate published reports that are based on data by

examining the design of the study, the appropriateness of the data analysis, and the validity of conclusions.

◦ Understand how to compute the probability of simple and compound events.

QR Competency – 9th Grade

Apply and demonstrate algebraic concepts and procedures◦ Understand patterns, relations, and functions and the connections

between them.◦ Analyze functions of one variable by investigating rates of change.◦ Understand and perform transformation commonly used with functions.◦ Understand and compare the properties of classes of functions,

including linear, exponential, polynomial, and rational.◦ Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative

relationships.◦ Draw reasonable conclusions about a situation being modeled.◦ Approximate and interpret rates of change from graphical and numerical

data. Investigate geometric shapes and their properties

◦ Explore relationships among two and three dimensional geometric objects and solve problems involving them.

◦ Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations.

Focused FreeWrite

What has been most confusing about the vocabulary of mathematics?

What has been the easiest or most helpful about the vocabulary of mathematics?

What is your math language? (That is, do you understand it better: written, spoken, drawn, demonstrated, etc.)

Are you comfortable asking for help? Who do you ask?

Your Birthdate: Important Numbers

Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna recaptured the town on March 6, 1836, after

a thirteen-day siege; the Mexican army suffered an estimated 600 casualties.  Of the official list of 189 Texan defenders, all were

killed.  Historians continue to debate the number of defenders inside the Alamo.

(SOURCE: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar06.html )

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Your Birthdate: Important Numbers