MARS: Comparing Value for Money: Baseball Jerseys CCSS 8.EE, 8.F

From Mathematics Assessment Project CLASSROOM CHALLENGES A Formative Assessment Lesson COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS 8.EE: Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations. Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations. 8.F: Use functions to model relationships between quantities. Mathematics Assessment Resource Service University of Nottingham & UC Berkeley For more details, visit: http://map.mathshell.org This task has 2 parts: 1. pre-assessment (not graded) 2. task (done with partner, consider not grading it or give credit for completion) The full PDF of this lesson with instructional support: https://www.map.mathshell.org/download.php?fileid=1670 This is my normal routine for a MARS task like this, about 2 class periods (most of it is devoted to part 2): - assign pre-assessment in class, set timer for 15 minutes, emphasize that it's not graded, no worries if not finished - immediately go into part 2, randomly assign students in groups of 2 or 3 - go over the task as a whole class, facilitate class discussion - go over the pre-assessment as a whole class, facilitate class discussion

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