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Goals & Standards - Construct Viable Arguments & Critique the Reasoning of Others

Construct Viable Arguments and Critque the Reasoning of Others

Mathematical Goals

This toolkit will address Math Practice Standard 3: constructing viable arguments & critiquing the reasoning of others. This lesson will help you, as a teacher or facilitator, gain information on how to help your students learn these skills and how to use them across content standards. 

Meets either Colorado academic standards or mathematical practice standards

Colorado Academic Standards

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Meets either Colorado academic standards or mathematical practice standards

Mathematical Practice Standards

Math practice standards are thinking strategies for developing skills and habits in math learning. They focus on concepts to cultivate proficiency and prepare students for real-world applications. “These practices rest on important ‘processes and proficiencies’ with longstanding importance in mathematics education.” The Math Practices describe ways in which students ought to engage with the content as they grow in their mathematical expertise. 

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This lesson relates to the following Standards for Mathematical Practice (MP)

  • MP1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
  • MP2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively
  • MP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
  • MP4: Model with mathematics
  • MP5: Use appropriate tools strategically
  • MP6: Attend to precision
  • MP7: Look for and make use of the structure
  • MP8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

Mathematics academic standards. CDE. (n.d.).