Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 130 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter A - AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Section 130.5 - Mathematical Applications in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (One Credit)

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. Recommended prerequisite: one credit from the courses
				  in the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster. 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 Agriculture, Food, and Natural
				  Resources Career Cluster focuses on the production, processing, marketing,
				  distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and
				  resources, including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources,
				  horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.
(3) In Mathematical Applications in
				  Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, students will apply knowledge and
				  skills related to mathematics, including algebra, geometry, and data analysis
				  in the context of agriculture, food, and natural resources. To prepare for
				  careers in agriculture, food, and natural resources, students must acquire
				  technical knowledge in the discipline as well as apply academic skills in
				  mathematics. To prepare for success, students need opportunities to reinforce,
				  apply, and transfer their knowledge and skills related to mathematics in a
				  variety of contexts.
(4) 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.
(5) Students are encouraged to participate in
				  extended learning experiences such as career and technical student
				  organizations and other leadership or extracurricular organizations.
(6) 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.