6808.22 - Teaching Mathematics IV - Stochastics from an educational perspective.

6808.22

Teaching Mathematics IV - Stochastics from an educational perspective.

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Students must be enrolled at NÁD as preservice teachers.

To prepare the students to teach mathematics in grades 6-10, focusing in particular on statistics and probability theory. The students should develop a clear understanding of the mathematical content in Faroese primary school. In addition, the students should acquire research-based knowledge on how teaching can be planned and completed in relation to this content in order to support pupils’ development, while taking into account pupils’ varying cognitive and social preconditions.

The course content involves: • Explorative data analysis. • Descriptive statistics. • Didactics of stochastics. • Probability theory and distributions. • Individual sampling and estimations. • Curriculum of stochastic in the Faroese primary school. • Teaching material, methods, and evaluation of mathematics teaching.

Groupwork, class assignments, lectures, self-study, home assignments, presentations, and classroom discussions.

At the end of the course, the students should be able: • Explain mathematical content within statistics and probability theory in grades 6-10 in the Faroese primary school. • Solve tasks that are suitable for pupils in grades 6-10 including modeling and problem-solving tasks. • Show examples of investigative and deductive methods in mathematics teaching. • Reflect and contemplate on research related to development of understanding of stochastic concepts. • Explain and justify how a teacher can prepare, complete, and evaluate inspirational and substantial mathematics teaching, with reference to mathematics education theory.

The assessment is in two parts: 1) Throughout the course, students are required to hand in several assignments such as overview papers, presentations, and written tests. These assignments must be passed in order to be eligible for the end of the course exam. 2) By the end of the course, the students must hand in a synopsis, written in groups of 2 – 3 students. The synopsis is then defended orally. Students are graded individually. (The examination process is described in more detail in a separate document)

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Choice of texts and other materials will be provided before the commencement of the course.

Ingi Heinesen Højsted