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LEARNING TARGETS FOR EIGHTH GRADE MATH
In grade 8, students apply what they have learned in geometry and algebra. They get ready for higher level mathematics by manipulating symbols and understanding relationships. These content goals will be introduce in contexts that promote problem solving, reasoning, communication, making connections, creating and analyzing representations.
Number Operations & Relationships:
· Solve problems with/without contexts using comparisons, operations on real numbers and proportional reasoning (ratios and percents)
Geometry:
· Identify relationships between figures and their parts (Pythagorean Theorem), using the coordinate plane (parallel, perpendicular, midpoint, distance, slope)
· Use proportional reasoning, transformations and spatial visualization in problem solving situations
Measurement:
· Solve direct/indirect measurement problems using appropriate tools and procedures (perimeter, area, surface area, volume, angles and segments)
Statistics and Probability:
· Develop and analyze investigations, display data, analyze data using measures of central tendency/variation and evaluate methods and conclusions
· Invent and interpret experiments with simple and complex events.
· Predict likelihood of outcomes and justify strategies based on theoretical and experimental probabilities.
Algebraic Relationships:
· Analyze, describe and generalize mathematical and real-world patterns of change and functional relationships with emphasis on the role of variable quantities
· Model, solve and explain linear/non-linear and exponential equations using translations among tables, graphs and symbolic forms
· Understand properties to evaluate expressions and solve linear equations (commutative, associate and distributive)
· Plot and graph points/lines in coordinate plane
· Use order of operations to evaluate expressions
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