Chris Odom

Module 2-3 Break Apart a Content Standard

Identify one ISTE Standard and with your partner break it apart. Answer the
questions below about the standard you have chosen. ISTE Standards are
found at the following link: http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html

South Carolina Standards for Middle Level Mathematics-6th Grade-

6-2.2 Understand integers.

1. What do the students need to know to meet this standard?

Students must understand how to the properties of the real number system. The
must understand that there are different types of number in the real number
system such as decimals, fractions, whole number, irrational numbers, and
rational numbers. They must understand the integers are the set of whole
numbers, zero, and the opposites of the whole numbers.

2. What patterns of reasoning must students be able to apply?

Students must be able to classify numbers into their different sets.

Students should be able to compare and contrast the different number sets. For
example, they should be able to see that the integers are part of the real number
system, but there are other numbers in the real number system besides the integers.
They should also recognize that the integers include no decimals, and see the
differences between the integers and decimals. They also should see the
relationship between the natural numbers, whole numbers, and the integers.

Students can use inductive reasoning to reason that there are many other numbers
besides integers that they use, and that the integers are one “small” set of numbers
they use.

3. What skills do students need?

Students must be able to recognize the relationship between the set of integers, the
whole numbers, and the natural numbers. (The natural numbers are the numbers
that people begin to count with, such as 1, 2, 3, the whole numbers add the number
0 to the natural numbers, and the integers add the opposites of the whole numbers)
 4. What products should they be able to create?

Students can create a Venn diagram showing the relationships between the Natural
Numbers, the Whole Numbers, and the Integers. Students can also create a Frayer
model for an integer. Here, they will list the definition of an integer, the
characteristics, examples, and non examples.

5. What dispositions will students need to develop to meet this standard?

Students must develop a positive disposition towards the real number system. They must
understand that while this is a topic that seems very abstract and difficult at first (because of the
new vocabulary); it turns out to be quite easy when it is finished. Students must feel safe to ask
questions and feel that it is good to be wrong occasionally. In the case that it is not safe to be
incorrect, students will not meet this standard, because of the new vocabulary. This standard
introduces higher level mathematics to students. Students must feel that this work is relevant,
which is accomplished by showing them how they will apply this knowledge at a later date. They
must also feel they have control over this unit. This can be accomplished by letting them create
their own problems to solve.