3.+How+can+I+use+SMTs?

=How can I use and modify a Significant Mathematical Task?=

//**"In selecting, __adapting__, or generating mathematical tasks, teachers must base their decisions on three areas of concern: the mathematical content, the students, and the ways in which students learn mathematics."**// Source: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1991). //Professional standards for teaching mathematics.//
 * Use them to provide coherence to the mathematics curriculum
 * Use them as an extension to a topic or concept within your unit/chapter
 * Use them as a means for assessment in your classroom (create portfolios of student work)
 * Use them to identify targets of inference
 * Use them to train teachers
 * Do not feel bound to use the mathematical task in the way it originally appears. Think critically about necessary changes.

**//"A curriculum should provide a rich, connected learning experience for students while adding coherence to the standards, and standards must align with the curriculum rather than be separate, long lists of learning expectations. Alignment and coherence of these three elements—curriculum, standards, and assessment—are critically important foundations of mathematics education."//** Source: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2009). //Guiding Principles for Mathematics Curriculum and Assessment.//