Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 130 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter F - FINANCE › Section 130.180 - Financial Mathematics (One Credit), Adopted 2015

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is
				  recommended for students in Grades 10-12. Prerequisite: Algebra I. This course
				  satisfies a high school mathematics graduation requirement. Students shall be
				  awarded one credit for successful completion of this course.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Career and technical education
				  instruction provides content aligned with challenging academic standards and
				  relevant technical knowledge and skills for students to further their education
				  and succeed in current or emerging professions.
(2) The Finance Career Cluster focuses on
				  planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance,
				  and business financial management.
(3) Financial Mathematics is a course about
				  personal money management. Students will apply critical-thinking skills to
				  analyze personal financial decisions based on current and projected economic
				  factors.
(4) Financial Mathematics
				  will integrate career and postsecondary education planning into financial
				  decision making.
(5) The
				  mathematical process standards describe ways in which students are expected to
				  engage in the content. The placement of the process standards at the beginning
				  of the knowledge and skills listed for each grade and course is intentional.
				  The process standards weave the other knowledge and skills together so that
				  students may be successful problem solvers and use mathematics efficiently and
				  effectively in daily life. The process standards are integrated at every grade
				  level and course. When possible, students will apply mathematics to problems
				  arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. Students will use a
				  problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information,
				  formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the
				  solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of
				  the solution. Students will select appropriate tools such as real objects,
				  manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology and techniques such as mental
				  math, estimation, and number sense to solve problems. Students will effectively
				  communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using
				  multiple representations such as symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language.
				  Students will use mathematical relationships to generate solutions and make
				  connections and predictions. Students will analyze mathematical relationships
				  to connect and communicate mathematical ideas. Students will display, explain,
				  or justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language
				  in written or oral communication.
(6) Students are encouraged to participate in
				  extended learning experiences such as career and technical student
				  organizations and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
(7) Statements that contain the word
				  "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
				  phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.