EDUC 384 Mathematics Teaching for Grades 4 & 5
This course delivers specific content and concepts as well as pedagogy for mathematics teaching at the 4th and 5th grade level. Current practices and innovation focusing on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in grades four and five as well as National Council of Teachers of Mathematics levels will be examined. Teaching methods and practices that encourage the development of higher order thinking skills will be stressed. Students will construct and design instructional strategies for content and performance standards at the fourth and fifth grade levels and design a two-week integrated, multi-disciplinary unit. Hands-on activities, inquiry and discovery-based practices will be shared and modeled. This course will require additional field hours working with fourth and fifth grade students.
Credits
3