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?
