EMAT 7050 Mathematics Instruction

Fall 2014

 


Last update October 15, 2014                        


ON LINE COURSE EVALUATION    (to be activated at the end of the semester)


CLASS MEMBERS

Sarah E. Erwin
Kirsten S. Keels
Brooke C. Koblitz
Kristina Patel
Julia E. Przybyla-Kuchek
Benjamin C. Roper
Dongjo Shin

  

Click HERE to send an e-mail to all of the class and to the instructor.   Use the e-mails above for sending individual messages.


Some Entertainment  (or is it?)

Romance of the Dot and the Line - Film

Donald in Mathmagic Land - Film

Teachers are People -- a 1952 Disney short film

Flatland -- A Romance of Many Dimensions  -- a book in html

Teacher's Resignation Letter . . . My Profession no Longer Exists


SHORTCUT NAVIGATIONS ON THE WEB SITE

Annotated Bibliography -- Class project 2014

August 27 entries
September 3 entries
September 10 entries
September 17 entries
September 24 entries
October 1 entries
October 8 entries
October 22 entries
October 29 entries
(Fall break is on Friday October 31, not Wednesday October 29)
November 5 entries
November 12 entries
November 19 entries

Annotated Bibliography Combined in Alphabetical Order, 2014

Annotated Bibliography Combined in Alphabetical Order, 2013

CLASS ESSAYS 2014

CLASS ESSAYS 2013    


References


MATERIALS

Schedule

This class will meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4:40 to 7:40.  Note that the first class meets on August 20 and the last class meeting is December , that is, only one class after the Thanksgiving break.   Our assigned Final Examination time is 6:30 - 9:30 on Wednesday, December 17.


SYLLABUS

University policy requires that the syllabus is to be posted to the University web site for each time a course is taught.   There is tremendous variability in what is included in a syllabus.    Further, the technology is out of date and web links included in our syllabus will not be active in the copy posted to the University.  Not all syllabi from previous offerings of EMAT 7050 have been posted.


COURSE DESCRIPTION

The EMAT 7050 course is designed to investigate scholarly and practical issues that impact on the teaching of mathematics in grades 6 - 12.   It will be a rather significant foray into the scholarly literature in mathematics education with a particular examination of research and policy issues.  

The course will not be a methods course and appropriate degree programs from mathematics education for students in this course include Master of Education, Master of Arts, Specialist in Education, and Doctor of Philosophy. 

Students in the Master of Arts in Teaching program for secondary mathematics should consider EMAT 6360 Teaching of Secondary Mathematics instead of EMAT 7050.

Students in the Master of Education program for middle school have taken this course in the past.   Mathematics background is assumed.

Doctoral students in the mathematics Ph.D. program who are seeking the Certificate Program for Mathematics Education should consult an advisor for selecting the most appropriate course.


Prerequisites, Background, and History


Potential Discussion Topics; Potential Essay Topics


MATERIALS

    Historical overview of Mathematics Education (Waggener)

Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM)

CCSSM Standards of Mathematical Practice

Learning to Think Mathematically (Schoenfeld)

Let Us Teach Guessing (Polya)  (Slow-loading video. 60 minutes)

The Learning of Mathematics:  Its Theory and Practice  (NCTM 21st Yearbook, 1953)

The MUST Framework

Quadratic Formula Essay


References

I suppose all of these "references" could have been combined with the above section on "Materials."     Class discussion will help to focus on the relevance of different pieces of this literature base.    The course agenda will challenge us to expand the literature base as well as sift out items of limited relevance.   

The "references" and "materials" will be expanded by the course productions, described below, that each student will produce.


 Annotated Bibliography -- Class project, 2014.  (Week by week link)

(Combined Alphabetical link, 2014)

Each class member will submit at least one annotated bibliography item each class meeting.     An item should

-- cite an article relevant to discussions of "mathematics instruction."  If you read an article and feel it is not contributing, do not write it up; find another article.  See the References for sample format of citations.

-- provide a full bibliographic citations (e.g., author(s), date of publication, title, and source).    If the article is available on the web, so indicate.   

-- the annotation should be no more that 150 words.   It should, of course, convey something about the substance of the article and be thorough enough to allow others to decide if we want to examine the original.

-- if two people prepare a write-up of the same article, I expect you to get together and prepare a single, consensus annotation.

-- if you are motivated to read an article for which someone else has prepared a write-up and you disagree with their annotation or feel it can be improved with your input, meet with them and deal with it.

Items can be sent to me Tuesday evening before class on Wednesday and I will post them to the Annotated Bibliography link.   I will post them as PDF files, but you can submit as either MicroSoft Word or PDF.

Annotated Bibliography -- Class project, 2013.  (Week by week link)

(Combined Alphabetical link, 2013)


CLASS ESSAYS  (Papers in Progress)

 

       Two essays will be required from each of the class members to be posted on the web site.     The first is due on October 15.    The second is due on December 3.

       You will be expected to read and critique each other's October 15 essays.

 

 CLASS ESSAYS 2013     (Papers in Progress 2013)


EXAMINATIONS

Mid-term examination.    Essay question.  Take home.   You will be given the examination on October 15 and it is due on October 22.

Final examination.   Essay question.  Take home.    You will be given the examination on December 3 and it will be due on December 17.

Examination responses and feedback will NOT be posted to the web page.

 


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