PRACTICUM III: PRACTICE TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL

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Prerequisites: Admission to the MS. Ed. Adolescence Education certification program; successful completion of all coursework preceding student teaching; Introduction to the practice of classroom teaching for the prospective high school mathematics teacher. Eight weeks (40 days) of classroom practice including experiences with classroom discipline, instructional planning, curriculum, assessment and testing, field observation, peer presentations, construction and critique of lesson plans, unit designs, uses of technology and media, and research and use of successful teaching strategies for the mathematics classroom for mid and late adolescence.