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Department of Education
Emphasis in Teaching and Learning
Specialization in Mathematics Education
The Mathematics Education Specialization is housed within the Teaching and Learning Emphasis. Mathematics Education courses and research projects draw from math education research, educational research in general, and multidisciplinary studies of mathematics.
Faculty Associated with the Specialization in Mathematics Education
Courses for the Specialization in Mathematics Education
Education 258B Seminar in Curriculum: Mathematics
This seminar examines past and current research on curriculum in
mathematics. History mathematics education, approaches to curriculum,
and the implementation of mathematics materials will be among the
topics we consider. Recent reform efforts will also be used as exemplars
for understanding curriculum issues. Analysis of curricula will
be considered by looking at textbooks and completing a curriculum-based
project.
Education 292A Mathematics Development in Early Years
Explores how pre-school and early elementary school children acquire
early logical and mathematical understanding. The acquisition of
counting, cardinal, and ordinal understanding, mathematical operations,
and the representations of mathematical ideas by children will be
addressed.
Education 292B Mathematics Development in the Middle Years
This seminar analyzes selected research on the development of mathematics
cognition in elementary school and middle school students and relates
it to research on instruction and current instructional practice.
Through critical analysis of the readings and directed research
projects, this course will consider the implications of cognitive
and sociocultural research for educational practice. Each quarter
specific topical areas such as word problems and rational numbers
will be covered.
Education 292C Mathematics Development in Adolescents
This course examines mathematical problem solving at the secondary
and college level. Different approaches to problem solving will
be discussed in terms of the relevant theories, mathematics curricula
and instructional delivery.
Education 293 Mathematics: Cultural Comparisons
We will be reading about a variety of different kinds of cross-national
and cross-cultural studies of mathematics instruction and achievement.
Topics will include ethno- mathematics, cross-cultural studies of
learning & cognition, and large international studies of teaching
and achievement including the Third International Math and Science
Study (TIMSS). Some of the questions we will consider are: What
does it mean to do mathematics in different cultural and situated
contexts? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using research
methods from different disciplinary perspectives including anthropology,
psychology and education? What is the relation between teachers'
mathematical knowledge and what they teach students? Offered alternate
spring quarters.
Additional Courses that might be of interest to Mathematics
Education Students
ED 210B: Cognitive Development
ED 242C: Theories of Organizational Change and Development
ED 270C: Race and ethnicity in US education,
ED 279: Perspectives on teacher education and professional development
Other Sites with Mathematics Education Information:
Center for Equity in Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE)
Center for Educational Change in Mathematics and Science (CECIMS)