math+proficiency

Components of Mathematical Proficiency
** Conceptual Understanding  ** Comprehension of mathematical concepts, operations, and relations. ** Procedural Fluency  ** Skill in carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently, and appropriately. ** Strategic Competence  ** Ability to formulate, represent, and solve mathematical problems. ** Adaptive Reasoning  ** Capacity for logical thought, reflection, explanation, and justification. ** Productive Disposition  ** Habitual inclination to see mathematics as sensible, useful, and worthwhile, coupled with a belief in diligence and one’s own efficacy. *Adding it Up, National Research Council, 2001