311803 Syllabus

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Vice-Chancellory Open Universities Australia (Curtin) Unit Outline 311803 EDP136 Mathematics Education 1 OpenUnis SP 2, 2013 Unit study package number: Mode of study: Credit Value: Pre-requisite units: Co-requisite units: Anti-requisite units: Result type: Approved incidental fees: Unit coordinator: 311803 Area External 25.0 Nil Nil Nil Grade/Mark Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit f ees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees.cfm for details. Name: Phone: Email: Building: Room: Consultation times: Alanna Webb Off Campus Alanna.Webb@curtin.edu.au 501 Off Campus Via email only. Emails will be checked daily and at least once on weekends. Teaching Staff: Administrative contact: Name: Phone:…show more content…
It should be written in third person. It is not to be written in ‘parent speak’ but should incorporate a discussion of the O'Brien article and current practice in mathematics teaching, and should be well linked to source material to support your claims. Although they are not prescriptive, these points represent the sorts of things that should be included in some way or other. Headings may be used to separate the different sections of this assignment. Short Introduction *** Be brief – outline the purpose of the paper. Part A - Describe current teaching practice in mathematics*** Address the main points of O'Brien’s paper and provide an overview of the key principles and ideas that guide current practice in mathematics classrooms. Include justifications for your approach and practices regarding primary mathematics education (you will need to use scholarly mathematics education references here). Part B - Discussion of Activities *** Create and teach two mathematics lessons from the Geometry / Measurement strand of the Australian Curriculum, followed by a discussion about what was observed when teaching the lessons. The discussion / reflection must relate to the key points addressed in Part A. Conclusion *** References Appendices o The scanned or photographed signed permission letter from the parent/guardian of any child who took part in the activities. o Any…show more content…
1. All assessments which students are required to submit will have a due date and time specified on the Unit Outline. 2. Accepting late submission of assignments or other work will be determined by the unit coordinator or Head of School and will be specified on the Unit Outline. 3. If late submission of assignments or other work is not accepted, students will receive a penalty of 100% after the due date and time ie a zero mark for the late assessment. 4. If late submission of assignments or other work is accepted, students will be penalised by ten percent per calendar day for a late assessment submission (eg a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the marked value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assignment worth 20 will have two marks deducted per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and marked as 12/20, the student would receive 6/20. An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be marked. Work submitted after this time (due date plus seven days) may result in a Fail - Incomplete (F-IN) grade being awarded for the

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