Course Description
Provides for the development of knowledge and skills necessary to prepare students to teach mathematics in elementary/middle school classrooms. Prerequisite: ELED, ELSP, or MDED major.
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Apply research-based theories, practices, and resources to mathematics instruction.
- Plan a mathematics lesson with standards-based learning goals, tasks aligned to those goals, and anticipated student strategies.
- Use questioning strategies to elicit the details of children's mathematical thinking during instruction.
- Interpret student work and responses with evidence, and build on those ideas to extend student thinking.
- Implement research-based instructional strategies before, during, and after instruction to support the range of learners in a classroom.
- Reflect on one’s own development as a mathematics teaches and learner.
Course Grading Information:
| Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
| Problem-Solving Conferences | 30% |
| Mathematics Learning Community | 40% |
| Participation and Professionalism | 30% |
Attendance/Participation:
Weekly class attendance, participation, and completion of assigned homework is expected.
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
Textbook: Children’s Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction — Authors: Carpenter, T., Fennema, E., Franke, M., Levi, L., & Empson, S. | 2nd Edition | Heinemann Publishers | 2015 | ISBN 978-0-325-05287-8
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.