EDUC 314 - Learning and Teaching Mathematics:Content,Cognition,and Pedagogy

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Wellesley College

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Speiser, Polito (Quantitative Reasoning), Haskell An examination of how adults and elementary-school students learn basic mathematics content, specifically: number and operations, func-tions and algebra, geometry and measurement, and statistics and probability. We will simultaneously study our own cognition as we learn mathematical concepts and principles, children's cognition as they learn mathematics, and how mathematics can be taught to children in classroom settings. Taught by a team of Wellesley College faculty with backgrounds in mathematics, quantitative reasoning, and educa-tion, and a school mathematics specialist and teacher. Weekly fieldwork of 90 minutes in an elementary classroom is required. Prerequisite: One education course Distribution: Epistemology and Cognition Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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