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Texas Technology Standards as Correlated to MathTrax

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology Applications
High School - Grades 9-12

Computer Science I

(1)  Foundations. The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate knowledge and appropriate use of operating systems, software applications, and communication and networking components;

(B)  compare, contrast, and appropriately use the various input, processing, output, and primary/secondary storage devices;

(C)  make decisions regarding the selection, acquisition, and use of software taking under consideration its quality, appropriateness, effectiveness, and efficiency;

(D)  delineate and make necessary adjustments regarding compatibility issues including, but not limited to, digital file formats and cross platform connectivity;

(2)  Foundations. The student uses data input skills appropriate to the task. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of input devices such as keyboard, scanner, voice/sound recorder, mouse, touch screen, or digital video by appropriately incorporating such components into the product; and

(B)  use digital keyboarding standards for the input of data.

(4)  Information acquisition. The student uses a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to:

(A)  use local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs), including the Internet and intranet, in research and resource sharing; and

(7)  Solving problems. The student uses appropriate computer-based productivity tools to create and modify solutions to problems. The student is expected to:

(H)  identify actual and formal parameters and use value and reference parameters;

(9)  Solving problems. The student uses technology applications to facilitate evaluation of work, both process and product. The student is expected to:

(C)  seek and respond to advice from peers and professionals in delineating technological tasks;

(D)  resolve information conflicts and validate information through accessing, researching, and comparing data; and


Computer Science II

(2)  Foundations. The student uses data input skills appropriate to the task. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of input devices such as keyboard, scanner, voice/sound recorder, mouse, touch screen, or digital video by appropriately incorporating such components into the product; and

(B)  use digital keyboarding standards for the input of data

 


Independent Study in Technology Applications

(2)  Foundations. The student uses data input skills appropriate to the task. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of electronic input devices including the mouse, keyboard, scanner, voice/sound recorder, disk/disc, video, and digital camera as appropriate; and

(B)  use digital keyboarding standards for data input such as one space after punctuation, the use of em/en dashes, and smart quotation marks.

(4)  Information acquisition. The student uses a variety of strategies to acquire information from electronic resources, with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to:

(C)  pose hypotheses/questions related to a selected problem.

(7)  Solving problems. The student uses appropriate computer-based productivity tools to create and modify solutions to problems. The student is expected to:

(A)  develop and apply advanced technology applications skills;

(B)  identify and solve problems, individually and with input from peers and professionals, utilizing research methods and advanced technology applications skills used in a selected profession or discipline;

(E)  synthesize and generate new information from data gathered from electronic and telecommunications resources; and

(F)  read and use technical documentation.

 

 
 


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