Course Description
Students will reflect on their graduate program to identify, analyze, and discuss the main learning goals for the program. They will continue to consider these ideas in order to transform them in ways that they can incorporate into and impact their practice. The course includes a capstone project.
Athena Title
Secondary Math Ed Capstone
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will understand how to identify key ideas and concepts constituting their graduate program experience.
- Students will understand how to critically analyze, connect, compare, and contrast key ideas and concepts constituting their graduate program experience.
- Students will understand how to relate key ideas and concepts constituting their graduate program experience to the learning of mathematics.
- Students will understand how to relate key ideas and concepts constituting their graduate program experience to standards for secondary mathematics content.
- Students will understand how to reflect on their teaching practice in light of key ideas and concepts constituting their graduate program experience to standards for secondary mathematics content.
- Students will understand how to identify key reflective practices for continuous learning and development as teachers.
Topical Outline
- Teaching as a reflective practice
- Learning through the act of teaching
- Translating knowledge and research to practice
- Designing and implementing action-based research
- Sustaining a career of development, motivation, and energy
