MDTP Written Response Items

Why Use MDTP Tasks?

• Help improve students’ ability to think and communicate effectively about mathematics. 
• Learn about student thinking.  Use that info to adjust teaching strategies and move learning forward.

Power of WRI (Written Response Items)

• Analyze student papers – learn more about student thinking
• Inform and guide class discussions
• Use analysis to determine next steps
• Setting expectations especially re MP’s
  • MP 1 (make sense and persevere)
  • MP 3 (viable arguments, critique reasoning of others)
  • MP 6 (attend to precision)

For example, written response item:  ARCOGR

• Coordinate graphing
• Distance on coordinate plane
• You might choose this task as a relatively easy intro to writing about math
• Not too advanced, gives students opportunity to work on communication and stretch knowledge and vocab of coord geo.

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