SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 475-4
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    DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: MATHEMATICS (ELEMENTARY)
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    (D2.00)
    Instructor: Allan Forsberg
    Phone: ?
    774-4281,774-2738
    Fall Semester, 1991
    Mondays and Thursdays
    3:30-5:30 p.m.
    Location: Northern Lights College
    Fort Nelson, B.C.
    PREREQUISITE: Educ 4011402
    COURSE DESCRIPTION
    This course is designed for prospective and practising elementary school teachers.
    The broad goals of the course are:
    - to help students explore the fundamentals of the teaching/learning process as it
    applies to elementary mathematics
    - to help students feel more at ease with the subject of mathematics
    - to help students relate mathematics to the world outside the classroom
    - to help students become familiar with and confident in the use of a variety of
    manipulative aids
    - to help students discuss and formulate their own rationale as to the how and the why
    of teaching mathematics
    - to help students deal confidently with the prescribed curriculum
    - to help students learn to plan mathematical instruction within a consistent
    framework
    TOPICS
    Planning to Teach
    Using Curriculum Guides and resources
    Problem Solving
    Strategies and Activities
    Number Theory
    Number Operations
    Estimation and Mental Computations
    Measurement
    Data Analysis
    Geometry
    Assessment, Evaluation and Remediation
    EVALUATION
    Due dates and details will be discussed during the first session. Evaluation will be
    based upon the following criteria:
    - attendance and participation
    - completion and presentation of unit plans and teaching strategies
    - review and comparison of textbooks and/or resources
    TEXTBOOKS
    Post, Tom (ed.). Teaching Mathematics in Grades K-8: Research Based Methods.
    Toronto: Allyn & Bacon. 1988.
    Mathematics Grades 1-8 Curriculum Guide - 1987. B.C. Ministry of Education.

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