Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.1:
Students know the difference between relevant and irrelevant information when solving problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.2:
Students understand that some ways of representing a problem are more efficient than others.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.3:
Students interpret information correctly, identify the problem, and generate possible strategies and solutions.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.4:
Students act out or model with manipulatives activities involving mathematical content from literature.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.5:
Students formulate problems and solutions from everyday situations.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.6:
Students translate from a picture/diagram to a numeric expression.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.7:
Students represent problem situations verbally, numerically, algebraically, and/or graphically.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.8:
Students select an appropriate representation of a problem.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.9:
Students understand the basic language of logic in mathematical situations ("and," "or," and "not").

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.10:
Students work in collaboration with others to solve problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.11:
Students translate from a picture/diagram to a number or symbolic expression.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.12:
Students use trial and error and the process of elimination to solve problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.13:
Students model problems with pictures/diagrams or physical objects.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.14:
Students analyze problems by observing patterns.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.15:
Students make organized lists or charts to solve numerical problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.16:
Students discuss with peers to understand a problem situation.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.17:
Students determine what information is needed to solve a problem.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.18:
Students determine the efficiency of different representations of a problem.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.19:
Students differentiate between valid and invalid approaches.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.20:
Students understand valid counterexamples.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.21:
Students explain the methods and reasoning behind the problem solving strategies used.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.22:
Students discuss whether a solution is reasonable in the context of the original problem.

Performance Indicator - MST3.6.PS.23:
Students verify results of a problem.