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 Andrew D. Schwartz The College Board

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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