9–12 Module 1

Overarching Design Structure

Goal: Recognize the intention behind the curriculum’s design and use it to inform instructional decisions.

Topic 2: Unit Design Structure

Units are divided into sections containing lessons related to a specific topic. While the number of sections in a given unit may vary from unit to unit, you will still see the overarching design structure progress across sections. The general structure of a unit is shown below.

[all grades] Module 1 Topic 2 Unit Structure

Elements of the Unit Design Structure

Select each dropdown to learn how the unit design aligns with the overarching design structure.

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9–12 Module 1

Overarching Design Structure

Goal: Recognize the intention behind the curriculum’s design and use it to inform instructional decisions.

Topic 2: Unit Design Structure

Elements of the Unit Design Structure

Select each dropdown to learn how the unit design aligns with the overarching design structure.

A Closer Look at the Structure of Unit 1

From the start of the year, we want to convey the message that engaging in mathematics provides opportunities to be curious, collaborative, and playful. In Unit 1, students are invited to be curious and creative, and teachers have opportunities to notice and build on what students know and can do. Select your course to see how the design structure is represented across the sections of Unit 1.

Unit 1: One-Variable Statistics

Invitation

In the beginning of Unit 1, students collect data, classify the different kinds of data they might collect, and create displays of the information that they collected. They learn that the same data can be displayed in different ways.

Deep Study

Next, students work to describe distributions of data using terms such as “symmetric,” “skewed,” “uniform,” “bimodal,” and “bell-shaped.”

Consolidation and Application

Finally, students are introduced to additional tools to analyze data, such as standard deviation and outliers. They finish the section by using all of these tools to analyze, compare, and contrast similar data sets.

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Read the blog, Help Students Know, Use, and Enjoy Quadratics, for a deeper dive into the content in your course.

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Connect to Your Practice

Now that you know what content will be in Unit 1, what do you already know about teaching this concept, and what are some potential benefits and challenges that may arise from teaching this content first?

Why This Matters

Understanding the progression of a concept or a procedure across a unit will help you make intentional decisions when planning and teaching.

Companion Guide

Take a moment to record your responses to some questions or prompts in your Companion Guide.

Overarching Design Structure

Topic 2: Unit Design Structure

Elements of the Unit Design Structure

Topic 1: Course Design Structure

Topic 3: Lesson Design Structure

Overarching Design Structure

Topic 1: Course Design Structure

Topic 3: Lesson Design Structure

Topic 2: Unit Design Structure

Elements of the Unit Design Structure

How is the mathematics invitational?

What does a deep study of concepts and procedures look like?

How will students consolidate and apply their understanding of the mathematics?

A Closer Look at the Structure of Unit 1

Unit 1: One-Variable Statistics

Invitation

Deep Study

Consolidation and Application

Ready for More?

Connect to Your Practice

Why This Matters

Companion Guide