GEC 4: Mathematics in the Modern World

Name: _______________________________ Course and Year Level: ____________

Submit 1–2-page synthesis paper focusing on one of the following aspects of mathematics:
1. Mathematics helps organize patterns and regularities.
2. Mathematics helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena in the world.
3. Mathematics has numerous applications in the world making it indispensable.

Rubric for grading the output.

4 - points 8 - points 12 – points 16 – points 20 – points

The student is The student is The student is The student not The student
unable to elicit able to elicit able to elicit only elicit elicits the
correct ideas correct ideas correct ideas correct ideas correct ideas
and concepts and concepts and concepts from the from the
about the about the about the lessons/topics lessons/topics,
lessons/topics. lessons/topics. lessons/topics but also shows shows evidence
and shows evidence of of internalizing
understanding internalizing it. it, consistently
of it. contributes
additional
thoughts to the
core ideas.