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TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.4.3.A — Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

Previous grade
TA.K.3.A
practice personal skills, including following directions, needed to successfully implement design processes; and
TA.1.3.A
practice personal skills and behaviors, including following directions and mental agility, needed to implement a design process successfully; and
TA.2.3.A
demonstrate personal skills and behaviors, including effective communication, following directions, and mental agility, needed to implement a design process successfully; and
TA.3.3.A
explain the importance of and demonstrate personal skills and behaviors, including metacognition, effective communication, following directions, and mental agility, needed to implement the design process successfully; and
TA.4.3.A
explain the importance of and demonstrate personal skills and behaviors, including problem solving and questioning, effective communication, following directions, mental agility, and metacognition, that are needed to implement a design process successfully; and
TA.5.3.A
explain the importance of and demonstrate personal skills and behaviors, including persistence, effective communication, following directions, mental agility, metacognition, problem solving and questioning, that are needed to implement a design process successfully; and
TA.6.3.A
resolve challenges in design processes independently using goal setting and personal character traits such as demonstrating courage and confidence;
TA.7.3.A
resolve challenges in design processes independently using goal setting and personal character traits such as demonstrating responsibility and advocating for self appropriately;
TA.8.3.A
demonstrate innovation in a design process using goal setting and personal character traits, including demonstrating calculated risk-taking and tolerance;
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TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.4.3.A — Breakout of skills

Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.

The student is expected to
explain the importance of personal skills and behaviors,
including problem solving, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including questioning, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including effective communication, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including following directions, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including mental agility, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including metacognition, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
demonstrate personal skills and behaviors,
including problem solving, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including questioning, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including effective communication, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including following directions, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including mental agility, that are needed to implement a design process successfully
including metacognition, that are needed to implement a design process successfully

Cross-curricular Connections

The cross-curricular connections are designed to help educators make content connections between the technology applications TEKS and other subject areas. The standards below illustrate alignment between grade level content areas which may help educators develop cross-curricular lessons. These connections do not represent all possible connections that might be made.
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Science

Science.4.3.C listen actively to others' explanations to identify relevant evidence and engage respectfully in scientific discussion

Social Studies

SS.4.21.E apply foundational language skills to engage in civil discourse about social studies topics, including those with multiple perspectives

English Language Arts and Reading

ELAR.4.1.A  listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments

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