MS/ED 210 Math for Teachers

Course title : MS/ED 210 Math for Teachers

Campus : National, Chuuk, Kosrae, Yap

Initiator: Mike Ioanis & Pelsihner Elias

Date: February 8, 2018

Course description: This course provides the student with an understanding of mathematics concepts. The course focuses on the FSM and state elementary math curriculum standards and benchmarks which include: number, operation, computation; geometry, measurement, and transformation; patterns and algebra; and statistics and probability. The student also explores ethnomathematics concepts and participates in hands-on activities. Student professionalism is measured.

Hours per Week

No. of Weeks

Total Hours

Semester Credits

Lecture

3

X

16

=

48

=

3

Laboratory

X

=

=

Lecture/Lab

X

=

=

Workshop

X

=

=

Total Semester Credits

3

PSLO#

Program

None

None

[X ]

1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

[X]

2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

[X ]

3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

[X ]

4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

[X ]

5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

[X ]

6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

[X ]

7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning : purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

[X]

8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

CSLO (General) 1: Demonstrate basic understanding of mathematical concepts, applications and use variety of strategies to solve problems in number, operations and computation.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Define and use mathematical terms and concepts involving numbers, operations and computations.

1,2,6,8

1

1.1 Objective test on terminology involving numbers, operations, and computations with examples.

1.2 Develop and demonstrate strategies and hands-on activities to compute numbers of different operations.

1,2,3*,4

1

1.2 Objective test on variety of numbers and operations problems.

1.3 Describe and relate ethnomathematics of numbers to conventional mathematics.

1,2,5,6,

1

1.3 Student describes and relates the use of numbers and operations of ethnomathematics in writing. Writing is scored with rubrics.

CSLO (General) 2 : Demonstrate basic understanding of mathematical concepts, applications and use variety of strategies to solve problems in geometry, measurement and transformation.

2.1 Define and use mathematical terms and concepts in geometry, measurement and transformation.

1,2,6,8

1

2.1 Objective test on geometry, measurement and transformation terminologies and examples.

2.2 Develop and demonstrate strategies and hands-on activities to solve variety of problems in geometry, measurement and transformation.

1,2,3,4

1

2.2 Objective test on variety of geometry, measurement and transformation problems.

2.3 Describe and relate the use of ethno mathematics to conventional mathematics in geometry, measurement and transformation.

1,2,5,7

1

2.3 Given geometry, measurement and transformation problems, student discusses cultural uses orally. Rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 3: Demonstrate basic understanding of mathematical concepts, applications and use variety of strategies to solve problems in patterns and algebra.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Define and use mathematical terms and concepts in patterns and algebra.

1,2,6

1

3.1 Objective test on terminology and examples.

3.2 Develop and demonstrate strategies and the use of hands-on activities to solve problems in patterns and algebra.

1,2,3,4

1

3.2 Objective test on variety of algebra and pattern problems.

3.3 Discuss culturally relevant problems to patterns and algebra.

1,2,5,7

1

3.3 Given algebraic problems and patterns, students discuss in writing how the problems are culturally relevant to Micronesian contexts. Rubric is used.

CSLO (General) 4: Demonstrate basic understanding of mathematical concepts and applications and use variety of strategies to solve problems in statistics and probability.

4.1 Define and use statistics and probability terms and concepts.

1,2,6

1

4.1 Objective test on statistics and probability terminology and examples.

4.2 Develop and demonstrate strategies and the use of hands-on activities to solve problems in statistics and probability.

1,2,3,4

1

4.2 Objective test on variety of statistics and probability problems.

4.3 Discuss culturally relevant problems to statistics and probability.

1,2,5,7

1

4.3 Given statistics and probability problems, students discuss in writing how the problems are culturally relevant to Micronesian contexts. Rubric is used.