About This Course

Key messages include:

• Successful transition to the Connecticut Core Standards (CCS) requires change–change at all parts of the educational system for students and the educators who work with them.

• The CCS-Math embody a core shift in teaching and learning.

• The CCS-Math are designed to bring focus, coherence, and rigor through two areas of concentration: 1.) what students learn (mathematical content); and 2.) how they learn it (mathematical practices).

• The Standards for Mathematical Practice present a vision for how students should think about and work with mathematical content at all grade levels.

• Practice 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them and Practice 6: Attend to precision are considered the “overarching habits of mind of productive mathematical thinkers” and can be found in all of the Standards for Mathematical Practice.

• Implementation of the CCS-Math will be an ongoing process requiring collaboration, time, and professional engagement.

• The EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units: Mathematics is aligned with the key shifts and expectations set forth in the Connecticut Core Standards.