Communication plays a key role in helping make important connections among physical, pictorial, graphic, symbolic, verbal, and mental representations of mathematical ideas. Providing individual and collaborative opportunities for discussions about issues, people, and the cultural implications of mathematics reinforce student understanding of the connection between mathematics and our society. Restate, create, and use definitions in mathematics to express understanding, classify figures, and determine the truth of a proposition or argument. Read mathematical presentations of topics within the Learning Results with understanding. The student then proceeds to apply the kite definition to the families of quadrilaterals to determine which are kites and why.
Student reads a manual or math text to successfully learn a new procedure.