SEC 376 Method Tchg Math Sec Sch

This course provides students with practical approaches to implementing the NCTM and the New York Learning Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts within an integrated curriculum. Strategies for engaging pupils in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the content area of mathematics are examined and implemented in field experiences. Instructional technologies, project based teaching and learning, mathematical and interdisciplinary problem solving, communication, reasoning and connections between mathematics and with the real world for all pupils, including multicultural and exceptional populations, are explored. Course topics also include use of manipulatives and concrete materials, the ability to design and write mathematical tasks, the need to structure the environment so that pupils construct their own learning (i.e., pupil-centered instruction), and the design of assessment techniques, including portfolio evaluation. Students will complete a 25-hour field experience in conjunction with the course. Students must obtain fingerprint clearance prior to beginning field experiences. One credit of literacy is embedded in this course.Prerequisite: SEC 365. Fall.