Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Carolyn Kennett
Contact via carolyn.kennett@mq.edu.au
E7A.711
Lecturer
Christopher Gordon
Contact via chris.gordon@mq.edu.au
E7A.618
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BED(ECE)(0-12) or BEd(Prim) or BEd(Sec) or BEd(TESOL) or BTeach(0-5) or BTeach(ECS) or BABEd(Prim) or BADipEd or BA-PsychDipEd or GDipEd
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is principally designed for students intending to teach in primary schools. It emphasises the use of imagination and logical thinking in developing mathematical approaches to solve a wide variety of interesting problems. In addition, the material is selected in a way that encourages students to appreciate the importance of mathematics as part of our cultural heritage. The material in this unit is accessible to students who have studied little mathematics at secondary level.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Tutorial Participation | 20% | No | Weekly |
Assignments | 60% | No | Week 6, 10, 14 |
Mastery tests | 20% | No | By End of Semester |
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%
There will be 13 weekly quizzes that will be completed prior to attending the weekly tutorial. These will be based on preparatory material for the tutorials. The completion of the quiz prior to the tutorial and participation in the tutorial will be used to calculate a tutorial participation mark. The best 8 of these will be used to calculate the tutorial participation mark that will contribute to a students grade.
Due: Week 6, 10, 14
Weighting: 60%
There will be three assignments based on the material taught in the unit and on additional research that the students will be required to undertake. The assignments will require students to demonstrate understanding of the unit material, the ability to apply that knowledge, the ability to analyse and also to use some creativity.
Due: By End of Semester
Weighting: 20%
There will be three online mastery tests. These tests will be considered passed if a required standard of understanding is demonstrated. The tests will be able to be taken as many times as a student needs in order to attain mastery. The tests will be designed in a way that ensures students are practiced at doing the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teachers.
Lectures: you should attend or listen to one hour of lectures each week.
Tutorials: you should attend all three of the compulsory on-campus days.
The required text for this unit is the smart book option of Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach Bennett, Burton, Nelson and Ediger, 10th edition.
The text is also available as an ebook or as a hardback, but we will be utilizing the smart book resources. Past students have found this textbook very useful and have also said they believe they will continue to use it as they begin their teaching careers.
In addition the following are some good modern websites with material for “Mathematical Outreach”. Some of the material is suitable for primary level, other secondary; but all is good for general interest in mathematics and its varied uses:
There are other resources which may be of use in your later Primary teaching. The Mathematics Department in no way endorses these products, but merely informs you of their existence.
The Numeracy Centre (Room E7B G.088) offers free drop in help to students enrolled in first year courses with a math component. This help is available for students who are studying MATH106. See the Centre's website for further information http:/www.maths.mq.edu.au/numeracy.html
The Mathematics department has a student support officer. His name is Garry Lawson and he can be contacted via email (garry.lawson@mq.edu.au). He is very happy to talk to students especially if they are having any difficulties that may be impacting on their ability to complete this unit.
Students are expected to have access to an internet enabled computer with a web browser and Adobe Reader software. Several areas of the university provide wireless access for portable computers. There are computers for student use in the Library and the C5C labs.
Difficulties with your home computer or internet connection do not constitute a reasonable excuse for lateness of, or failure to submit, assessment tasks.
Week |
Topic (NSW Syllabus Content Strand) |
On Campus | Task Due |
1 |
Problem Solving (Working Mathematically) |
Quiz 1 | |
2 |
Number Systems (Number and Algebra) |
Quiz 2 | |
3 |
Working with Numbers (Number and Algebra) |
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Quiz 3 |
4 |
Properties of Whole Numbers (Number and Algebra) |
Saturday, 10 - 5, end of week 4, Covering tutorials 1 - 5 |
Quiz 4 |
5 |
Properties of Whole Numbers (Number and Algebra) |
Quiz 5
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6 |
Working with numbers between the whole numbers (Number and Algebra) |
Quiz 6 Assignment 1 |
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7 |
Creating and Interpreting Graphs (Statistics and Probability) |
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Quiz 7 |
Mid Semester | |||
8 |
Probability and Counting (Statistics and Probability) |
Saturday, 10 - 5, end of week 8 Covering tutorials 6 - 9 |
Quiz 8 |
9 |
Probability and Counting (Statistics and Probability) |
Quiz 9 |
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10 |
Geometric Figures (Measurement and Geometry) |
Quiz 10 Assignment 2 |
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11 |
Geometric Figures (Measurement and Geometry) |
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Quiz 11 |
12 |
Geometric Figures (Measurement and Geometry) |
Saturday, 10 - 5, end of week 12 Covering tutorials 10 - 13 |
Quiz 12 |
13 |
Measurement (Measurement and Geometry) |
Quiz 13 Assignment 3 due Week 14 |
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