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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 475-4
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    DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
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    (D1.00)
    Fall Semester, 1991
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    Instructor: Janet Dunham
    Monday/Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
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    Phone: ?
    786-5577
    Location: AHCOTE Building,
    Northern Lights College
    Dawson Creek, BC
    PREREQUISITES:
    Education 401i402 or equivalent
    COURSE DESCRIPTION
    This course is designed for prospective and practising elementary teachers who wish to
    explore the fundamentals of the learning/teaching process as it applies to mathematics.
    The emphasis will be on the movement from active exploration of manipulative materials
    used at the concrete level to semi-concrete/abstract connecting vehicles which link to the
    abstract concepts across the various strands of the B.C. elementary math curriculum. The
    course will draw on current research in mathematics learning. Math journals will be
    utilized to demonstrate the need to keep current as a professional. A variety of teaching
    strategies will be modeled in delivering the course content.
    On completion of the course it is hoped that participants will approach the teaching of math
    in an enthusiastic, confident manner, that they will feel comfortable and knowledgeable
    concerning curricular content, and that they will be able to plan for mathematics
    instruction within a framework consistent with good teaching practices and the
    curriculum.
    Topics that will be covered include:
    - problem solving
    - curriculum guides and resources
    - strategies and activities
    - number and number operations
    - estimation and mental calculations
    - measurement
    - calculators and computers
    - data analysis
    - geometry
    - ratio and proportion
    - rational numbers
    - algebraic thinking
    - evaluation/assessment
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    EVALUATION
    Evaluation
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    active
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    participation
    be based on
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    the following:
    attendance
    - the keeping of a learning log
    - completion of assignments in the Fuys textbook
    - a major project to be determined by consultation with the instructor
    REQUIRED TEXT
    Fuys, David J. Teaching Mathematics in the Elementar
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    School, Glenview, Illinois:
    Scott, Foresman and Company, 1979.
    SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT
    Post, Tom. Teaching Mathematics in Grades K-8. Allyn & Bacon, 1988.

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