The aim of this course is to provide students deep understanding about activity development process in mathematics teaching. Appropriate use of activities, connecting activities to the mathematical content and steps of designing good activites will be learned by means of several active learning processes.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1.Discuss the purpose and importance of using activities in mathematics education.
2. Identify different types of activities for different instructional purposes.
3. Explain the issues to be considered in preperation of activities for teaching of middle school mathematics concepts.
4. Elaborate on the issues related to implementation of activities in middle school mathematics classes.
5. Evaluate appropriateness of sample activities for mathematics instruction.
6. Develop activities for different instructional processes in mathematics classes.
7. Collaborate on evaluation and assessment issues in activity based middle school mathematics classes.
- Van de Walle, J. A., Karp, K., & Bay-Williams, J. M. (2013). Elementary and middle school mathematics: teaching developmentally. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
- Beckmann, S. (2017). Mathematics for elementary teachers with activities. Pearson.
- Krulik, S., & Rudnick, J. A. (1999). Teaching mathematics in middle school: Activitiesi materials and problems. Allyn and Bacon.