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• There is no solution, or the solution •No evidence of a strategy or procedure, or uses a • There is no explanation of the solution, the
Novice
has no relationship to the task. strategy that does not help solve the problem. explanation cannot be understood or it is
• Inappropriate concepts are applied • No evidence of mathematical reasoning. unrelated to the problem.
and/or procedures are used. • There were so many errors in mathematical • There is no use or inappropriate use of mathematical
• The solution addresses none of the procedures that the problem could not be solved. representations (e.g. figures diagrams, graphs,
mathematical components tables, etc.).
presented in the task. • There is no use, or mostly inappropriate use, of
mathematical terminology and notation.
Apprentice • The solution is not complete • Uses a strategy that is partially useful, leading some • There is an incomplete explanation; it may
indicating that parts of the problem way toward a solution, but not to a full solution not be clearly presented.
are not understood. of the problem. • There is some use of appropriate mathematical
• The solution addresses some, but • Some evidence of mathematical reasoning. representation.
not all of the mathematical • Could not completely carry out mathematical • There is some use of mathematical terminology
components presented in the task. procedures. and notation appropriate of the problem.
• Some parts may be correct, but a correct answer is
not achieved.
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