Mathematical communication and presentation

⎕ Do you have an explicit objective in your exploration?

⎕ Does it describe the procedure to use to achieve your objectives?

⎕ Do you use size 12, double spacing and Times New Roman font?

⎕ Are you focused on the objective and have you eliminated any information that is not
relevant to the objective?

⎕ Do you connect each of the sections of your work, when starting a new section, do you
connect with the previous section?

⎕ Is your exploration coherent? (well organized, it is understood, there is clarity.)

⎕ Is your exploration concrete? (You provide all necessary and relevant information for
understanding and do so in a concise manner.)

⎕ Did you cite your graphs, tables, and diagrams according to APA?

⎕ Are the axes of your graphs labeled correctly?

⎕ Did you correctly cite (APA) the references you included in your bibliography?

⎕ Do you use appropriate mathematical language and use different forms of representation
(tables, graphs, formulas, etc.)? Remember not to use computer notation (*, ^, etc)

⎕ Do we define variables and key terms (when applicable)?

⎕ Do you only have tables that cover no more than one sheet?
⎕ Do you use the correct notation for your rounded values?

⎕ Did you explain/discuss the level of accuracy according to the context of your exploration?
(For your topic, how many significant figures are relevant?

⎕ Are your pages numbered?

⎕ Do you have the bibliography on a separate sheet/section?

⎕ Is your survey (if you use one) in the annex?

Personal commitment

⎕ Did you ask personal questions and did you answer them? (“What if, I imagine such…if
such…)

⎕ Did you think independently and creatively?

⎕ Did you explain why you chose your topic, why it is important to you?

⎕ Did you present your own mathematical ideas, did you not just limit yourself to using a
theory or process that already exists?

⎕ Is “your voice”, “your way of perceiving/understanding the topic” present throughout the
exploration?

⎕ Did you consider local and global perspectives in your exploration?

⎕ Did you make a connection between the results of your exploration and your background?
 Reflection

⎕ Did you ask questions, make conjectures, and investigate mathematical ideas?

⎕ Did you discuss the implications/effects of your results? (What do they mean? Why are they
important? ...)

⎕ Did you consider the importance/contributions of your exploration? (How can other people
use your exploration?)

⎕ Did you discuss possible limitations and/or extensions of your exploration?

⎕ If you encountered difficulties in your work, how did you overcome them?

⎕ Did you make connections between your topic and the different contexts and areas of
mathematics?

Use of mathematics

⎕ Have you shown that you understand the mathematical processes you used? Just doing the
math doesn't show that you understand it.

⎕ If you worked on a model, have you calculated it manually and also with the use of
technology?

⎕ If you worked with one or more statistical applications, did you check that the data type is
appropriate for it? (Discrete, continuous, quantitative, qualitative)

⎕ Did you check that the mathematical procedures are at the level of the MAI NM course?

⎕ Do you think that the mathematics you used can be understood by your classmates?