Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 127 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Subchapter I - HEALTH SCIENCE › Section 127.410 - Mathematics for Medical Professionals (One Credit), Adopted 2015

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. This course is
				  recommended for student in Grades 11 and 12. Prerequisites: Geometry and
				  Algebra II. 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 Health Science Career Cluster focuses
				  on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services,
				  health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and
				  development.
(3) The Mathematics
				  for Medical Professionals course is designed to serve as the driving force
				  behind the Texas essential knowledge and skills for mathematics, guided by the
				  college and career readiness standards. By embedding statistics, probability,
				  and finance, while focusing on fluency and solid understanding in medical
				  mathematics, students will extend and apply mathematical skills necessary for
				  health science professions. Course content consists primarily of high school
				  level mathematics concepts and their applications to health science
				  professions.
(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.