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ELED 5301
Fall 2007

Date
  Work Due
(at start of class)
Reading/ Assignments (by class time)
8/21, 8/23
Introduction to course

Trains Task

Lesson Plan

   

 

8/28, 8/30 Mathematical Tasks:
A Hierarchical Approach

Learning Theory

Mathematics Instruction
What is effective instruction?

Content: Probability

 

  Visit Heinemann Website- Username/Password will be provided in class

Read Teacher as Architect of Mathematical Tasks (Course Reserves)

9/4, 9/6 Meet in COED Computer lab

Geometer's Sketchpad task

Assessment activity

Content- Data Analysis, Graphing

 

 

 

Read Selecting and Creating Mathematical Tasks (Course Reserves)

 

9/11, 9/13 Data-driven Instruction

Content: Geometry
Discussion on van Hielle Levels

Structured Discovery Lessons

Sample lesson

Rough draft of task writing

 

 

 

Read Ashlock, Chap 1

9/18, 9/20 Data-driven instruction: Rubrics

Content: Geometry
Literature- The Greedy Triangle
Triangles and Quadrilaterals

Diagnostic-  Course Proposal

 

Read Ashlock, Chap 2

Read article on vanHiele levels

9/25, 9/27

Equality: Issues in Early Childhood Mathematics

Geometry
Area and Perimeter, 3-D shapes
Literature- Spaghetti and Meatballs for All

Task writing assignment Read Article on Computational Fluency
10/2, 10/4 Meet on 2nd floor of UNCC Library in Curriculum Materials Center

 

  Read What is a Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum?
10/9, 10/11 No class meeting- fall break Diagnostic- Pre-assessment data due  
10/16, 10/18 Error Patterns- Addition and Subtraction

Content- Number Sense, Building on Numbers We Know

Diagnostic- Lesson Plan Draft Ashlock,  p. 99-119
10/23, 10/25 No formal class meeting- work session on Diagnostic Project, Curriculum Examination    
10/30, 11/1 Meet in COED Computer lab
Integrating the Internet into Mathematics, E-portfolio help
 

 

 
11/6, 11/8 No Formal Class Meeting- Work session on diagnostic project Curriculum Examination  
11/13, 11/15 Error Patterns- Multiplication and Division

Content- Algebraic Thinking

Error Patterns- Fractions
Tasks with Fractions

 

Diagnostic Project Work Session


 

  Ashlock,  p. 120-136
11/20, 11/22 No class meeting- Thanksgiving    
11/27, 11/29 Content- Fractions and Decimals

Work with Fractions and Decimals

Diagnostic Project Due  
12/12, 12/14 Final course meeting

Diagnostic Project Sharing