Secondary Math Methods II

Catalog description

This is the second course in a multi-course series for Single Subject Math credential candidates to develop professional, reflective practices and abilities for teaching in single-subject classrooms, especially in secondary schools. Candidates learn and apply current learning theories to planning, instruction, and assessment, focusing on the general knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with managing contemporary, culturally diverse secondary classroom environments. Candidates will begin to learn about specific subject matter content and pedagogy and a variety of instructional and assessment strategies to benefit all learners. The needs of all secondary school students, including multilingual learners, and the characteristics of the school environment will be emphasized to foster effective teaching and learning. This course will support residents in learning to plan and assess specific math instructional strategies and practices. Recognizing that students need to have mathematical reasoning, procedural fluency, and conceptual understanding of mathematics, residents will be exposed to a variety of strategies and theories that impact these aspects of mathematics learning. Residents will read relevant theories and critiques for these strategies, practice instructional moves that teach them through deliberate practice and in their placement, and analyze the affordances and constraints of each. This learning will constantly be in conversation with discussions of the residents’ identities as educators and with lessons from the field.