Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grade 4 Professional Commentary: Using inductive reasoning, students devise procedures for using a protractor to measure the number of degrees in an angle. Students make estimates of the measurement of various angles created with angle wheels.... 2 Guidance for Protractors for Grade 5 Mathematics Achievement Test Resource Type: Professional Resources Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: Students need access to a protractor when taking the Ohio Grade 5 Mathematics Achievement Test. Students may be asked to find the measure of angles or to draw an angle of a specified size.... 3 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Use Protractor to Draw a 235° Arc on a Circle Resource Type: Assessments Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: Students use a protractor to draw an arc measuring 235° on a given circle. This constructed-response question is a sample test item used in grade 12 in the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 4 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Find Measurement of an Angle Resource Type: Assessments Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: Students use a protractor to find the degree measure of a given angle. This constructed-response question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 5 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Find the Measure of an Angle Resource Type: Assessments Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: Students must read the measure of a given angle from a protractor. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 12 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 6 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Draw arrow to represent direction on a figure Resource Type: Assessments Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to use a protractor to draw an arrow in the direction of 75 degrees south of west on a figure. This constructed-response question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 7 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Use Protractor to Draw Perpendicular Line, Measure Angle Resource Type: Assessments Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 5–12 Professional Commentary: Students use a protractor to draw a line perpendicular to a given line and then measure the smaller angle formed by the two lines. This constructed-response question is a sample test item used in grade 12 in the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 8 NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Draw a triangle from a written description (Protractor available) Resource Type: Assessments Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: Students are asked to draw a triangle, given the lengths of two sides and the measure of the included angle. This constructed-response question is a "hard" test item used in grade 12 of the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP).... 9 Fit By Design or Design To Fit: Mechanical Drafter Designer Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: Students use a carpenter's square and protractor to measure the sides and angles of several right triangles. To confirm their measurements, they then compute the size of selected sides and angles using (a) the Pythagorean Theorem and (b) trigonometric ratios.... 10 Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland Resource Type: Professional Resources Discipline: Mathematics Grades: Grades 3–6 Professional Commentary: In this story, young Radius, son of Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter, undertakes a quest, the successful completion of which will earn him his knighthood. With the help of a family heirloom that functions much like a protractor, he is able to locate the elusive King Lell and restore him to the throne of Angleland.... |