This course is intended to provide students with the basic understandings of teaching mathematics in elementary schools. The course will introduce a range of classroom strategies for developing children's mathematical reasoning, skills, and concepts, and will provide frameworks that enable teachers to assess their teaching of mathematics. Topics in the course include the role of manipulative materials, estimation, mental computation, linking mathematics to the real world, (problem solving), patterns and relationships, and evaluation and assessment.
Prerequisites: Admission to the UCC Bachelor of Education program.