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| MSE5112 | Planning and Assessment in Secondary Mathematics | ||
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| Credit Points: 10 | |||
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| MSE5111 | Teaching Lower Secondary Mathematics | ||
| Description: | |||
| In this unit, students will begin to consolidate their understanding of the teaching and learning of secondary school mathematics, and will look more closely at general curriculum planning and written assessment. They will achieve this through closer interrogation of the structure, philosophy and intentions of the Australian Curriculum (AC) for mathematics, supported by the WA Curriculum Framework; and by planning a sequence of mathematics lessons within a particular topic, including a written assessment. These will be linked comprehensively to relevant AC content descriptors and their elaborations particularly within the strands of Measurement and Geometry and Statisitcs and Probability. Again, emphasis will be placed upon developing a mathematical inquiry theme in teaching and learning in the AC skills strands, and these will in turn be aligned with the WA CF clusters. Current resources such as texts, visual and concrete manipulatives, and computer websites, will be examined and evaluated for their teaching effectiveness. Practical teaching strategies for overcoming common mathematical misconceptions will again be explored, and the unit will again focus upon the importance of classroom communication and meaningful, student-centred assessment practices, relating these ideas to relevant educational theory. Full Unit Outline | |||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
| For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014