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Field Experience in Secondary School Mathematics I


Course Description

Students will work one-on-one with secondary school pupils to investigate their mathematical thinking and learn to communicate mathematically with pupils.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be asked to apply ideas from their additional readings in Teaching Secondary School Mathematics I to their reflections and course activities in this course.


Athena Title

Field Experience I


Corequisite

EMAT 4800/6800


Semester Course Offered

Offered spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

This laboratory course requires students to apply what they learn in Teaching Secondary School Mathematics I when working with secondary school pupils in one-on-one settings. Students will examine how secondary pupils think about and learn mathematics and will implement selected tasks with pupils. Students will reflect on their teaching to analyze and improve it.


Topical Outline

Across the semester students will will work with pupils from different levels of courses at a local secondary school to: * implement tasks with high cognitive demand * investigate student thinking and teacher actions that maintain or lessen cognitive demand, and * debrief each interaction with peers.


Syllabus


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