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EDMA517 Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching 1

10 cp

This unit is designed to provide preservice teachers with strategies for planning, implementing and monitoring learning experiences for students studying mathematics in secondary schools. The unit will build on both national and state documents relating to mathematical curricula with particular reference to the local state documents. There is a focus on junior secondary mathematics with special attention given to theories of learning, planning and assessing learning activities, planning learning technologies (including calculators), the use of concrete materials (for example, in algebra), problem solving, mathematical investigations, catering for individual differences and strategies for fostering mathematical thinking in students.

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