This course will equip prospective teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach math in grades 1 through 8.  They will become familiar with Pakistan’s National Mathematics Curriculum and expected student learning outcomes. Prospective teachers will learn to use a variety of instructional methods that promote active learning of math, including making and using teaching and learning materials. They will plan mathematics lessons and activities, and engage in practice teaching of math.

Learning Objectives:

1. Deepen their understanding of key mathematical concepts in Pakistan’s 1-8 National athematics Curriculum.

2.  Identify and assess areas of youngster’s understanding and misconception to inform their echng practc.

3. Acquire the pedagogical skills and competencies required to teach Pakistan’s 1-8

4. Describe the nature, history, and development of grade 1-8 mathematics education both in Pakistan and internationally.

Week Plan: Week wise plan is attached below along with attachments 

Assessment Criteria

Suggested Readings

How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom

www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10126#toc Published by National Academies Press.

What does Good Mathematics Instruction Look Like?:

http://www.naesp.org/resources/2/Principal/2007/S-Op51.pdf

Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, by Tom Basserear, published by Brooks Cole.

Elementary and  Middle School  Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, by John A. Van de Walle, Karen

Karp, and Jennifer Bay-Williams, published by Pearson Education.

Mathematics Explained  for Primary Teachers, by Derek Haylock, published by SAGE Publications.

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