Learning Area: Mathematics 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject deals with mathematical content in Number, Working Mathematically, Chance and Data of the Victorian primary mathematic curriculum. Students will deepen their own knowledge of these topics and study the way in which children think and learn about them. Pedagogical content knowledge for developing mathematical learning will be a focus. The use of technology, including calculators, will be considered.

Written assignments equivalent in total to 2000 words and two 2-hour examinations, one at the end of each semester.

Hurdle requirement: To gain a pass in this subject, students must satisfactorily complete a test of basic mathematics competence.

Prescribed Texts:

• Teaching Primary Mathematics (G Booker et al), (3rd edn), Addison Wesley Longman, 2004
• Foundations for Teaching Arithmetic Vers 2 (K Marston and K Stacey), CD, DSME, University of Melbourne 2003
• Teaching and Learning about Decimals Vers 3.1 (V Steinle, K Stacey and D Chambers), CD, DSME, University of Melbourne, 2006

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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