How have the NCTM Standards affected National and International assesssments?

US students are showing an increase in mathematical ability

What was the biggest change created by the Standards movement in the early 1990s?

Emphasis on instructional strategies

Which is NOT a good description of cooperative learning groups?

Groups of students sitting together at tables

Which is NOT one of the Mathematical Teaching Practices promoted by NCTM?

Create an Intellectual Need for New Skills

Which is NOT an outcome of the NCTM reform efforts?

They are all outcomes of the reform efforts.

Which is NOT a Standard for Mathematical Practice advocated by the Common Core?

Memorize formulas and procedures

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1
How have the NCTM Standards affected National and International assesssments?
US students demonstrate the highest mathematical ability
US students are showing a decrease in mathematical ability
US students are showing an increase in mathematical ability
US students are showing no change in mathematical ability
2
What is a major challenge facing Standards-based Reform instruction?
unwilling students
high stakes tests
insufficient teachers
parental support
3
What was the biggest change created by the Standards movement in the early 1990s?
More years of high school math
Emphasis on instructional strategies
Algebra taught at younger ages
A focus on basic skills
4
Which is NOT a good description of cooperative learning groups?
Completing a project as a team
Sharing solution methods with others
Groups of students sitting together at tables
Think-Pair-Share
5
Which is NOT one of the Mathematical Teaching Practices promoted by NCTM?
Facilitate Meaningful Discourse
Support Productive Struggle
Elicit and Use Evidence of Student Thinking
Create an Intellectual Need for New Skills
6
Which is NOT an outcome of the NCTM reform efforts?
Greater use of technology
They are all outcomes of the reform efforts.
Greater emphasis on reasoning
More emphasis on concrete to abstract connections
7
Which of the following is NOT an emphasized instructional technique?
Completing projects
Looking for patterns
Cooperative Tasks
Basic Skills Drills
8
Which was NOT a reform document created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics?
Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics
How to Solve It
Assessment Standards for School Mathematics
Curriculum and Evaluation Standards
9
Which of these benefits are attributed to cooperative learning in instruction?
Confidence is built
Critical thinking is developed
Concepts and problem-solving approaches are clarified
All of these
10
Which is NOT a Standard for Mathematical Practice advocated by the Common Core?
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Memorize formulas and procedures
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others
11
Which is NOT a reasoning habit encouraged by the Focus documents?
analyzing a problem
implementing a strategy
defending an argument
seeking and using connections
12
What concern(s) led to reform in mathematics education?
Sputnik - the USA was behind Russia in math and science
Inequities in math achievement between races and genders
All of these
Number of skilled mathematicians was dropping
13
What was the first big movement in math reform called?
Back to Basics
Operation Sputnik
New Math
A Nation at Risk
14
Which learning theory is most prevalent in Standards based instruction?
Cooperative Learning
Constructivism
Information Processing
Behaviorism

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