What is Unite with Numeracy?

West Virginia Department of Education’s summer educational symposium, INVEST

• Host professional learning experiences and networking for educators of mathematics across West Virginia

The Mathematical Habits of Mind (MHM) refer to the cognitive processes students use when identifying, classifying, solving, and communicating the findings of a mathematical problem. Students proficient in using the MHM can apply these eight processes to everyday problem-solving. These include:

• Make sense of problems and persevere and solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
• Attend to precision.
• Look for and make use of structure.
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

With a growing list of resources available at wvde.us/math4life, educators and families/guardians can be proactive in the learning process. The level of involvement educators and families/guardians show in a student’s mathematical learning can influence achievement, increase interest in mathematics, and strengthen the resilience to overcome challenging concepts. Collaborative efforts in the classroom and at home help to foster students’ skills in their journey to become successful mathematicians.