Mathematics Department

Mission Statement

The Christopher Dock math department seeks to provide students with a solid foundation of mathematical concepts and skills that prepare them for work and/or further study. The department strives to have students value mathematics, gain confidence in their mathematical ability, become mathematical problem solvers, and learn to reason and communicate mathematically. 

Departmental Objectives

Numbers and Operations

Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems

Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another

Compute fluently and make reasonable estimate

Algebra

Understand patterns, relations and functions

Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols

Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships

Analyze change in various contexts

Geometry

Analyze characteristics and properties of two and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationship

Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems

Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations

Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems  

Measurement

Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement

Apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements.

Data Analysis and Probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display relevant data to answer them

Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data

Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data

Understand and apply basic concepts of probability

Problem Solving

Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving

Solve problems that rise in mathematics and in other contexts

Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems

Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving

Reasoning and Proof

Recognize reasoning and proof as fundamental aspects of mathematics

Make and investigate mathematical conjecture

Develop and evaluate mathematical arguments and proofs

Select and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof

Communication

Organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication

Communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others

Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others

Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely

Connections

Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas

Understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole

Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics

Representation

Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas

Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems

Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena

Credit Requirements

9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade	12th Grade	Total Credits
Math - 1 credit	Math - 1 credit	Math - 1 credit		3.00