courses
Graduate Courses
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C&I 708/EdPsych 708 The Study of Teaching
This course explores several research paradigms and programs in the study of teaching (e.g., process-product, expert-novice, teacher cognition) as well as examines the influence of new views of learning (e.g., situated cognition, social cognition) on the process of learning to teach. Through course readings, discussions, presentations, and projects students examine: theoretical issues related to research on teaching and the process of learning to teach, including the assumptions underlying major research programs; various research designs and methods that have been used in the study of teaching; and major findings in research on teaching and learning to teach and the impact of these findings on educational practice, theory, research, and policy.
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C&I 710 An Introduction to the Literature of Mathematics Education
This course serves as an introduction to current mathematics education thinking and practice in grades K-14. In particular, the course includes a focus on the development of mathematics education programs in the United States; current mathematics programs and recommendations for improvement and change; investigation of instructional strategies; and recent trends in student performance on national and international mathematics assessments.
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C&I 810 Goals, Content, and Programs in Mathematics Education
This course focuses on scholarly research and thinking underlying the goals, content, and programs of school mathematics. The course examines the forces that have shaped recent reform efforts in mathematics education, from the perspective of history, of student performance on national and international studies, and of changes in the discipline of mathematics, in the concept of mathematical literacy, in the workplace, and in national demographics. The course considers questions such as the following: What is mathematics? What does it mean to know or to do mathematics? How have views of mathematics influenced school mathematics? What are the currrent issues related to the goals, content, and programs in mathematics education? What are the recommendations and underlying rationale for reforming school mathematics?
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C&I 811 The Instruction of Mathematics
This course focuses on research on the learning of mathematics and is designed to provide students with an understanding of how people learn mathematics. The course serves to introduce students to the major learning theories that have guided mathematics education over the past fifty years (e.g., behaviorism, constructivism, sociocultural/sociohistorical perspectives). Pragmatic implications of these different theoretical perspectives will also be examined. For example, questions such as the following are considered: What are the implications for organizing instruction if one takes a particular theoretical perspective? What are the implications for assessment? What is the nature of the mathematical goals that one holds for students if one takes a particular theoretical perspective?
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C&I 812 Curricular Issues in Mathematics Education
This course considers the learning and development of both novice and experienced teachers with an emphasis on learning to teach in ways that are consistent with reform-based ideals. The course explores theory, research, and practice related to topics such as methods of mathematics teacher education, the process of learning to teach mathematics, mathematics teachers' acquisition of professional knowledge, and preparing mathematics teachers for a diverse student population. In addition, several major programs of professional development in mathematics are examined. A primary goal of the course is to help students begin to understand the complexity of the field of research on mathematics teaching and mathematics teacher education.
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C&I 842 Seminar on Special Topics in Mathematics Education
This seminar focuses on a variety of topics related to the teaching and learning of mathematics with the target audience being practicing mathematics teachers. Topics examined might include teaching and learning in various content domains (e.g., algebra, geometry, statistics and probability), the nature and design of assessment used in mathematics education, and the design of action research related to teaching mathematics.
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C&I 942 Seminar in Research on Mathematics Education
This seminar focuses on current research and issues in mathematics education. A primary goal of the seminar is to facilitate the entry and socialization of new researchers into the mathematics educational research community. A variety of educational experiences have been designed to facilitate this process including readings and discussion of current topics/issues related to mathematics education, discussion of the peer review process for publishing research in mathematics education, and discussion of student-conducted research.
