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Designs for Learning: Mathematics? 

(Elementary) 

Regular Semester., 1984 

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Instructor: John Trivett 

Wednesdaysq 1:00 - 4:50 

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Home Phone: 922-6683 

Location: MPX 7400 

Qtipgtives 

The course is designed for prospective and practising 

teachers of elementary mathematics who wish to explore the 

fundamentals of learning/teaching processes as they apply to 

math. Students will be expected to: 

- engage in dicussion and formulate their own rationale 

as to their own, evolving, hows and whys of learning and 

teaching of math; 

- explore the realities of children's and adults 

learning powers and patterns, by examination of their own 

and other's learning powers and patterns; 

- become familiar with and confident in the use of a 

variety of aids such as fingers, colored rods, logic blocks, 

geo-boards, etc.., and of recent literature on human 

learning 

On completion of the course it is hoped that teachers 

will be more at ease with the subject of mathematics., be 

able to deal confidently with some of the essentials of the 

prescribed curriculum math guide, 1978 or 1985/86, and be 

able to plan math instruction within a consistent framework. 

The topics dealt with will be the usual contents of the 

B.C. curriculum. They will be dealt with from a method- 

ological viewpoint (how you teach multiplication, fractions, 

etc); from the perspective of mathematics, (What is 

multiplication, fractions, etc.); and from the vantage point 

of the role of this in everyone's growth and education. 

Students of the course will be expected to: 

- participate fully in classwark and discussions, complete 

homework, work on a 'term project' - without necessarily 

finishing it. 

- implement some of the ideas and activities with kids 

and/or with adult friends. 

- study the B.C. Math guide and representative textbooks 

used in the schools. 

Eligibility 

Education 401/402 or equivalent.. 

If you are in any doubt as to the suitability of this course 

please contact the Instructor beforehand.. 

Ic2L ?

(Required) 

Trivett, 

Mathematics 

John V.Detselig 

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Enterprises 

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Limited, Calgary.. 

Dawson A. J.. (Sandy) ? 

Themselves 

Mathematics, a collectioon of readings, SFU 

(available in the course from the instructor) 