GEOMETRY on the SAT: LINKING CONTENT and PROCESS NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition Indianapolis April 15, 2011.

GEOMETRY on the SAT: LINKING CONTENT and

PROCESS

NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition

Indianapolis

April 15, 2011

Presenters

• Robin K. O’Callaghan

The College Board

[email protected]

• Andrew D. Schwartz

The College Board

[email protected] 

SAT Mathematics Content Areas

• Number and Operations (20–25%)• Algebra and Functions (35–40%)• Geometry and Measurement (25–30%)• Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

(10–15%) 

Multiple Choice

Key = E

Student-Produced Response

Key = 9.8, 49/5

SPR Answer Grid

● Polygons

● Circles

● Volume of boxes, cubes, and cylinders

● Isosceles, equilateral, and right triangles

● Parallel and perpendicular lines

● Coordinate geometry

● Geometric visualization

● Slope

● Similarity

● Transformations

Geometric Content on the SAT

● Problem Solving

● Representation

● Reasoning

● Connections

● Communication

NCTM Process Standards

Problem Solving

Parallel and perpendicular lines

Problem Solving

Circles

Problem Solving

Similarity

Problem Solving

Volume

Problem Solving

Volume

Representation

Equilateral triangles and circles

Representation

Coordinate geometry

Representation

Geometric visualization

Representation

Similarity

Representation

Transformations

Representation

Geometric visualization

Reasoning

Parallel and perpendicular lines

Reasoning

Geometric visualization

Reasoning

Isosceles triangles

Reasoning

Triangles

Reasoning

Parallel and perpendicular lines

Connections

Volume

Connections

Polygons and triangles

Connections

Polygons

Connections

Triangles

Connections

Coordinate geometry and Slope

Communication

Polygons

Communication

Rectangular solids

Communication

Coordinate geometry

Communication

Circles

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