Student__________________________________________________________________ Performance Assessment: Mathematics Written Oral

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Performance Indicators

Outstanding
Selects appropriate and efficient strategies to solve non-routine problems.

Good
Selects appropriate and efficient strategies to solve non-routine problems.

Competent
Selects appropriate, but inefficient, strategies, and executes conceptually sound mathematical procedures with minor computational errors. or Selects appropriate and efficient strategies but executes mathematical procedures with minor conceptual and computational errors.

Needs Improvement
Selects an inappropriate strategy. or Makes major conceptual errors or procedural errors.

Problem Solving

Executes conceptually sound mathematical procedures accurately.

Executes conceptually sound mathematical procedures with minor computational errors.

Reasoning and Proof Justifies all mathematical

statements in an efficient and accurate manner, and draws valid conclusions.

Justifies most mathematica l statements accurately, and draws valid conclusions.

Justifies some of the mathematical statements accurately, and draws valid conclusions.

Does not justify mathematical statements accurately, and does not draw valid conclusions.

Constructs, uses, and tests Constructs a

one or more generalization and uses it generalizations, and makes to make predictions. predictions.

Performance Indicators

Outstanding

Good

Competent

Needs Improvement

Communication

Always uses mathematical Mostly uses mathematical terminology and terminology and notation appropriately. notation appropriately. Eloquently communicates process and solution. Clearly Writing is sophisticated communicates process and and interesting to read. solution. Discusses, in depth, how mathematical concepts interconnect and build on each other. Discusses how math concepts interconnect and build on each other. Applies concepts to realworld situations.

Limited use Little or no use of of appropriate mathematic mathematical language and al language and notation. notation. Little or no coherent explanation of process and solution.

Explains process and solution with limited clarity.

Connections

Thoroughly applies concepts to real-world situations.

Discusses superficially how Does not discuss the math concepts interconnection between interconnect and build on concepts. each other. Does not attempt to apply concepts to Attempts to apply concepts real-world situations. to real-world situations.

Representation

Creates appropriate models inherent to the task that represent the problem accurately and elegantly.

Creates appropriate models inherent to the task that represent the problem accurately.

Creates Does not create appropriate appropriate models models inherent to the task. inherent to the task that represent the problem with minor errors.