TEDX1843X - Teaching Secondary Math Conceptually: Meeting Mathematics Standards

Course Description

Welcome to Teaching Secondary Math Conceptually: Meeting Mathematics Standards, an interactive computer-based instruction course designed to expand your methodology for teaching Mathematics. The course will explore an instructional methodology that incorporates strategies for teaching concepts, constructively, and contextually. The goal is for you to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying concepts of various math topics and explore the principles of teaching those concepts to learners. The course will also explore teaching methodologies that support many federal and state standards. This course will focus on the topics of integers, fractions, factoring, and functions.

This computer-based instruction course is a self-supporting program that provides instruction, structured practice, and evaluation all on your home or school computer.  Technical support information can be found in the Help section of your course.

The course Teaching Secondary Math Conceptually: Meeting Mathematics Standards is designed to explain and connect the major concepts, procedures, and reasoning processes of mathematics. Current standards and practices in math education will be discussed to outline a teaching methodology that is conceptual, contextual, and constructive. Activities are presented to explain underlying concepts and to illustrate constructive teaching. The course has been divided into four chapters covering four math topics, i.e. integers, fractions, factoring and functions. Emphasis is on exploring how to develop mathematical understanding in learners.

• Expand conceptual understanding of integers, fractions, factoring, and functions
• Explore a conceptual methodology of teaching math
• Develop skill in designing constructive learning experiences
• Explore strategies to support learning the skills outlined in mathematics federal legislation
• Investigate integrating concrete modeling to support conceptual teaching

There are no prerequisites.

As a student you will be expected to:

• Complete all four information sections showing a competent understanding of the material presented in each section.
• Complete all four section examinations, showing a competent understanding of the material presented.  You must obtain an overall score of 70% or higher, with no individual exam score below 50%, to pass this course.  *Please note: Minimum exam score requirements may vary by college or university; therefore, you should refer to your course addendum to determine what your minimum exam score requirements are.
• Complete a review of any section on which your examination score was below 50%.
• Retake any examination, after completing an information review, to increase that examination score to a minimum of 50%, making sure to also be achieving an overall exam score of a minimum 70% (maximum of three attempts). *Please note: Minimum exam score requirements may vary by college or university; therefore, you should refer to your course addendum to determine what your minimum exam score requirements are.
• Complete a course evaluation form at the end of the course.

40 Hours

365 Days

4.0 CEUs

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