Teaching Geometry and Measurement (EDDL 289)
3 Semester Hours of Graduate Credit
Course Overview
This course presents the van Hiele Levels of geometric thought, which will guide you as you develop a repertoire of developmentally appropriate mathematics teaching strategies to increase your students understanding of geometry. Geometry has long been a course where students have learned to use logic and reason in high school mathematics. The new focus on the van Heile levels has an increased focus on geometry standards in the K-8 curriculum now as well. NCTC has helped further this focus in its Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. In this course, you will cover the theory of the van Heile levels, Piagets theory, and in general, how students learn geometry. You will take what you have learned about these theories and implement effective activities into the classroom. Also, you will be able to look at what are good vs. bad practices and teachings in geometry and what will help students to continue to become fore successful in geometry. You will take these general theories and new practices/teachings and plan lessons/activities for the diversified classroom to help every student succeed in the geometry classroom. This course will also dive into developing measurement concepts across the board. Measurement is given its own standard in the NCTM publication Principals and Standards for School Mathematics. You will see how the measurement standard fist closely with geometry, but also how it connects to many other areas of mathematics. You will be able to better explain to your students the meaning and process of measuring and help them to develop better measurement concepts and skills.
Instructor
This course is offered through Pearson.
COST
$625.00