Inventory of Big Ideas
(Vital
Understandings in
Mathematics)
Correlated with the Michigan Curriculum
Framework for Mathematics (Grade K-8) updated January, 2001
Mission
and Goal
Purpose
and Description
Patterns, Relationships and
Functions
Geometry and Measurement
Data Analysis and Statistics
Number Sense and Numeration
Numerical and Algebraic Operations and
Analytical Thinking
Probability and Discrete Mathematics
Logic*
Problem Solving Strategies
*Logic and Problem Solving Strategies are
not separate categories in the
"Michigan Curriculum Framework for
Mathematics", but the content appears
in other strands.
This inventory is adapted from the
following, with permission:
-
Michigan
Curriculum Framework
-
Mathematics
Model Curriculum Guide K-8
California Department of Education
-
Model
Competency-Based Mathematics Program
Ohio Department of Education
-
New Jersey
Grade 8 Early Warning Test (EWT) for Mathematics
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