MTHED 276
Exploration of Mathematics Teaching
Mathematics Education
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Course Description
Field-based initial teaching experience directed at helping prospective teachers experience demands and opportunities associated with teaching mathematics to secondary students.
When Taught
Fall and Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
4
Fixed
4
Fixed
2
Fixed
4
Other Prerequisites
FBI fingerprint and background clearance.
Title
Mathematical Practices
Learning Outcome
Students understand authentic mathematical practices and use them to engage in meaningful mathematical exploration and reflect on their own use of these practices to make inferences about how adolescents might engage in mathematical tasks.
Title
Philosophy of Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Learning Outcome
Students articulate a philosophy of teaching and learning mathematics based on the professional standards for teaching mathematics, the moral dimensions of teaching, and the INTASC standards.
Title
Aligning Curriculum and Instructional Goals
Learning Outcome
Students can use curriculum guides such as the NCTM content standards or the Common Core State Standards to trace the K-12 development of a select central concept of mathematics as a means for planning instruction appropriate to a particular grade level and topic.
Title
Analyzing Classroom Instruction
Learning Outcome
Students can analyze and describe the mathematical experiences of adolescents in terms of the tasks, discourse and learning environments they observe in public school classrooms, and can reconcile the theoretical principles of their university experience with the reality of a secondary classroom.
Title
The Equity Principle
Learning Outcome
Students identify a range of positions that are available to adolescents in particular mathematics classrooms. Students understand what it means to believe that "all adolescents can learn mathematics."
