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Education 475-4
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Summer Session, 1980
Designs For Learning - Mathematics (Elementary)
Instructor: 1artin Hoffman
Time: Tuesday and Friday, 12:30 - 4:30
July 7th to August 15, 1980
Text: Trivett, ...And So On.
This course is designed for elementary school teachers,
prospective or active, who wish to increase their basic un-
derstanding of the nature of mathematical activity, and ex-
plore the learning/teaching process as it applies to mathe-
matics. Various topics of the elementary school curriculum
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will be examined both from a methodological perepective and
from the viewpoint of the mathematics behind these topics.
The course will be operated in a workshop fashion with
students having the opportunity to
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increase their knowledge of the uses of certain
manipulative materials such as rods, geoboards, and
so on ... , which lend themselves to the efficient
study of mathematical questions.
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develop approaches to the teaching of mathematics
in which students are given the responsibility for
their own learning.
c) explore techniques of classroom organization which
increase instructional efficiency for all Students.