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EDIJC. 475-4 DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: MATHEMATICS
ELEMENTARY
Summer Session 1981
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INSTRUCTOR: Anita LoSasso
Tues.'/Fri. 12:30 - 4:20
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LOCATION: on campus
This course is designed for elementary school teachers, pro-
spective or active, who wish to explore the fundamentals of the
learning/teaching process as it applies to mathematics. The usual
content topics of the elementary school mathematics curriculum will
be examined both from a methodological perspective (eg. how do you
teach fractions, or multiplication? and so on...), and from the view-
point of the mathematics behind these topics (eg. what are fractions,
what is multiplication? and so on ...).
The course will be operated in a workshop fashion with students
having the opportunity to
a)
become familiar with and confident in using a variety of
manipulative aids such as rods, logic blocks, geo-boards,
and soon.. •
b)
engage in discussion of the how and why of teaching mathe-
matics,
c)
explore the realities of children's learning powers and
learning patterns,
d)
practice subordinating their teaching to the learning of
their colleagues.
Individual instructors will make known the requirements for their
particular group(s) at the first meeting oF the class.
TEXTBOOK: J. V. Trivett, .. . and so on: New Designs for Teaching
Mathematics, Faculty of Education, SF11, 1977. These
will be available from each instructor. Cost about $2.00