Communicating Mathematics
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MATH3024 | Mathematical Sciences | 3 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- MATH3024
- School
- Mathematical Sciences
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This course provides an opportunity for third-year students taking U6UMATHS and U7UMATHS to gain first-hand experience of being involved with providing mathematical education. Students will work at local schools alongside practising mathematics teachers in a classroom environment and will improve their skills at communicating mathematics. Typically, each student will work with a class (or classes) for half a day a week for about sixteen weeks. Students will be given a range of responsibilities from classroom assistant to leading a self-originated mathematical activity or project. The assessment is carried out by a variety of means: on-going reflective log, contribution to reflective seminar, oral presentation and a final written report.
The closing date for applications is the first Tuesday of the summer term and selection is made during the following two weeks.
Target Students
Third-year single honours Mathematics students in the School of Mathematical Sciences.
Classes
- One 3-hour seminar each week for 20 weeks
Assessment
- 20% Coursework 1: On-going reflective log (350 words per week max)
- 50% Report: Final project report (4,500 words max)
- 20% Presentation 1: Oral presentation (20 mins), including handout
- 10% Participation: Reflective seminar
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The purpose of thiscourse is toprovide mathematics students with the opportunity to exercise a degree of responsibility;enhance the communication, organisational and management skills of mathematics students;develop the ability of mathematics students to analyse and learn from situations in which they are providers rather than receivers of expertise.Learning Outcomes
A student who completes this course successfully should be able to:
L1 - assist pupils in learning mathematics in a classroom situation;
L2 - analyse and develop their teaching technique using reflective logs;
L3 - demonstrate understanding of some of the theories of teaching mathematics;
L4 - make and implement practical suggestions for classroom teaching using teaching theory and their experience;
L5 - perform effective oral presentations on matters concerning mathematics teaching in both groups and individually;
L6 - conceive, carry out and analyse a classroom project to investigate concepts pertinent to mathematics teaching;
L7 - contribute effectively to a reflective group seminar on teaching.