...CURRICULUM Form Three Mathematics Curriculum Development Division October 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS About this Draft i Foreword – A Note to Teachers iii Acknowledgements v PART ONE Introduction 1- 1 The Curriculum Underpinnings 1- 2 Philosophy of Education 1- 3 The Goals of Education 1- 5 The Essential Learning Outcomes 1- 6 The Curriculum Design and Development Process 1-11 PART TWO - CURRICULUM CONTENT Vision Statement 2- 2 Rationale for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics 2- 3 Goals of the Mathematics Curriculum 2- 4 General Intended Outcomes For Forms I, II, and III. 2- 5 Connections to Other Core Curriculum Areas 2- 6 Framework for Mathematics for Forms I, II and III 2- 9 A General Curriculum Framework 2-11 Course Outline for Form III 2-12 PART THREE - STRATEGIES/METHODOLOGIES Teaching and Learning Strategies 3- 2 Suggested Activities 3- 6 Suggested Resources 3-15 PART FOUR - EVALUATION Elaboration of Assessment and Evaluation 4- 2 Evaluation Tools and Strategies 4- 5 Cross-referencing to Teachers’ Guide 4- 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 4- 9 ___________________________________ i ABOUT THIS DRAFT Under the umbrella of the Secondary Education Modernization Programme (SEMP), since the latter part of 1999, new secondary school curricula in eight (8) subjects – Language Arts (English), Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Spanish...
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...In the 21st Century, learning skills and innovation have become fundamental requirements for all learners. Educators and teachers should pay more attention on improving their own abilities and skills in teaching processes and learning management in order for students to possess life-long knowledge and skills. Students should be active learners, and the teacher should play a role as a learning facilitator. Teachers should focus on designing effective teaching techniques in order to encourage student participating in classroom activities, asking students what they have learned and what they would like to learn more. These methods are similar to the concept of education in Singapore, “Teach Less, Learn More” (Panich, 2012). The student-centered...
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...Mathematical Understandings At my age, sitting and completing a Mathematical Competency Test was a daunting process. Not the mathematical side but the idea of completing a test. I am an adult that feels they are competent in mathematical concepts, but when put under time restraints and knowing that some of the questions could have more than one answer, I felt the pressure. I used my results from the First Five Years Mathematics Competency Test to identify mathematical areas and concepts that are my strengths and areas that could be developed. I answered all 15 questions correct, but for two questions I didn’t choose all the answers. I second guessed myself which lead to self-doubt of my knowledge and understanding and wondered if they were trick questions. Once reading the questions again, not under time restraints I was able to see the answers and see where I went wrong. The two questions I didn’t completely answer correctly both included counting and explaining. Question two asked for the counting strategies for the equation 2+3. I had chosen the correct answers but also had chosen 3+2 as an answer, this was incorrect. I reflected on this and compared it to Bishop’s Universal activities and identified that this was in the counting category, number, number relationships, number...
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...“THE EFFECTS OF DEPED MTAP PROGRAM TO REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR FIRST YEAR SCTION AMETHYST” A Research Project presented to Ms. Loreta Figueroa In Partial Fulfilment of Requirement In Research I (Technical Writing with Basic Statistics) By Ellah Kim D. Reyes April 2011 “THE EFFECTS OF DEPED MTAP PROGRAM TO REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL III FOR FIRST YEAR SECTION AMETHYST” By Ellah Kim D. Reyes Regional Science High School III April 2011 ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL This Research paper entitled, “THE EFFECTS OF DEPED MTAP PROGRAM TO REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL III FOR FIRST YEAR SECTION AMETHYST”, in partial fulfilment of the requirements in Research I (Technical Writing with Basic Statistics) is here by prepared and submitted. Ellah Kim D. Reyes Researcher __________________________________________________________________ ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL, in partial fulfilment of the requirement in Research I (Technical Writing with Basic Statistics). Ms. Loreta Figueroa Research Adviser April 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, to God be the glory, a grateful thanks to Him. For all the wisdom and knowledge that He has given to me. And also thank you, for giving e the strength and health to do this project work until it done. Not forgotten to my family for providing everything, such as money, to buy anything that are related to this project work and their advice, which is the most needed for this project. Internet, books, computers...
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...Introduction In this chapter, research from multiple authors will provide supporting answers for my research question, how do games and manipulatives impact students' interest in Mathematics?, how do games and manipulatives impact students' performances in Mathematics?, and what are the benefits of using games and manipulatives when teaching fractions? Based on research thus far manipulative and games improve students’ interest and performance, while some researchers don’t see a significance difference in manipulatives increasing students interest in mathematics. (Kontaş) (2016).I found that manipulatives were proven to assist in helping students in building conceptual understanding, and eliminate misconception in mathematics. DeGeorge and...
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...Elementary Education Standards (1999 ed-rev. 2003) - Summary DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING AND MOTIVATION 1. Development, Learning and Motivation--Candidates know, understand, and use the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to development of children and young adolescents to construct learning opportunities that support individual students’ development, acquisition of knowledge, and motivation. CURRICULUM 2.1. English language arts—Candidates demonstrate a high level of competence in use of English language arts and they know, understand, and use concepts from reading, language and child development, to teach reading, writing, speaking, viewing, listening, and thinking skills and to help students successfully apply their developing skills to many different situations, materials, and ideas; 2.2. Science—Candidates know, understand, and use fundamental concepts in the subject matter of science—including physical, life, and earth and space sciences—as well as concepts in science and technology, science in personal and social perspectives, the history and nature of science, the unifying concepts of science, and the inquiry processes scientists use in discovery of new knowledge to build a base for scientific and technological literacy; 2.3. Mathematics—Candidates know, understand, and use the major concepts, procedures, and reasoning processes of mathematics that define number systems and number sense, geometry, measurement, statistics...
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...1 A User’s Guide to Learning Styles and Math Tools T he journey of developing this book began almost five years ago. After over sixty combined years of service in schools, two of us—John R. Brunsting and Terry Walsh—were coming to the end of our careers as mathematics instructors and administrators. For most of those sixty years, we had the pleasure of working together in Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Illinois, where we met Harvey Silver and were introduced to the Thoughtful Classroom professional development model he designed with Richard Strong. What we quickly came to learn is that the Thoughtful Classroom really works. Whenever we implemented Thoughtful Classroom strategies in our classrooms or worked with other teachers to help them implement Thoughtful Classroom strategies in their own classrooms, the effect on student learning was palpable—students became more engaged, discussions got richer, student thinking went deeper, and test scores went up. There was, however, one particular Thoughtful Classroom text that always seemed to make the biggest difference in classrooms in the shortest amount of time. That text was Tools for Promoting Active, In-Depth Learning (Silver, Strong, & Perini, 2001; Silver, Strong, & Commander, 1998). The idea behind Tools for Promoting Active, InDepth Learning is simple. It is a collection of classroom-tested tools, or simple teaching “moves,” that teachers can use to foster active, in-depth learning. These tools are based on the...
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... Effective Solutions in the Implementation of the K to12 Mathematics Curriculum Melanie T. Braza Sweden S. Supapo West Visayas State University College of Education La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines brazamelanie@gmail.com swedensupaposobrevega@gmail.com ABSTRACT This study was an attempt to find out the problems and solutions of one rural grade 7 teacher in a Philippine public high school in the implementation of K to 12 Mathematics curriculum. It is believed that knowledge is constructed when learners are able to draw ideas from their own experiences and connects them to new ideas while cooperative learning puts premium on active learning achieved by working with fellow learners as they all engage in a shared task. There were three main problem categories/themes including administrativerelated, teacher-related and student-related. The findings include: (a) lack of trainings, seminars, unclear standard operating procedures, (b) late arrival and lack of modules, (c) developing/weak teaching skills and strategies, (d) teacher’s difficulty in teaching the subjects or contents, (e)lack of time to tackle the content efficiently, (f) unavailability or lack of instructional materials, (g) non-mastery of the basic concepts and skills, (h) poor problem solving and critical thinking skills (i) indifferent student behaviour. The solutions are sharing of modules or guides, conducting cooperative learning class, giving extra time for research work, taking time in...
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...parents want their kids to grow up and be successful in life and to do that they need to be properly educated so they can achieve their goals in life. No matter what someone chooses to do in life, they will have to deal with numbers at some point. Numeracy is the ability to understand and work with numbers. School curriculums are frequently updated and expect students to know higher level mathematics at younger ages. With the increase in difficult mathematics that are being taught to students, it is hard for many students to keep up because “According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress more than 60 percent of the 4th and 8th graders’ mathematics scores in 2011 were deemed at a basic or below basic level of proficiency”...
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...Teachers as Curriculum Leaders Introduction: For the purpose of this assignment, the syllabus under consideration is the mathematics syllabus and the outcome that is to be discussed shall be the level 3 outcome for topic N 3.2. This outcome shall take in consideration the students’ ability to add and subtract numbers that are either whole or in fraction. This is related to a problem solving scenario where the students are not just given the numbers to work on but they are given a word problem that they would have to interpret and then solve in order to understand how the rules of addition and subtraction would work in the real life situations. This paper shall take a look at this outcome in terms of the various conceptions of the curriculum that Eisner and Vallance have laid out in their paper entitled “Five Conceptions of Curriculum: Their Roots and Implications for Curriculum Planning.” Keeping this in mind, it is vital for us to understand that even though it is the children that present us with the outcome of a curriculum, it is the teachers’ job to lead them to it. It is thus very important for the teachers to be professional and that they undergo specific professional development programs. Conceptions of Curriculum 1. The cognitive process approach to curriculum: a. Pedagogy In this regard, the teachers would need to focus on ‘how’ to teach the students instead of what they are teaching. With respect to our outcome, it is imperative that the teacher teaches...
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...“THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN USING MOTHER TONGUE AS A MODE OF INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS” Abstract In our present educational reforms, one of the hot issues is the K-12 program and the use of the Mother Tongue as a mode of instruction in all subjects except for English and Filipino. The study focuses on the issues and the challenges of the primary teachers in using mother tongue as a mode of instruction in teaching Mathematics. The sample comprised of 10 primary teachers from one of the central public schools in Davao City. Interview protocol and structured questionnaire were the data collection instruments. The researchers found out that the use of mother tongue in teaching mathematics may not be achieved soon. The Sinugbuanong Bisaya terminologies in Mathematics, the writing competency of the pupils in Sinugbuanong Bisaya, the teacher’s guide and the language itself are the issues and challenges that the primary teachers encountered in teaching Mathematics using mother tongue language as a mode of instruction. One of the major recommendations was to have terminologies in Mathematics using the mother tongue – Sinugbuanong Bisaya and for the teachers to attend seminars to widen their knowledge about this new program of the Department of Education. Mathematics would obviously benefit from such a conference. Introduction Mother tongue-based multilingual education is the provision of education in a child’s mother tongue, or a home language familiar to them, as well...
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...Basic Mathematical skills are considered as one of the foundations in mathematics. Understanding the concepts of four fundamental operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of integers will keep the learners confident to step up to higher math but keeps returning to the basic mathematical concepts since K to 12 curriculum is a spiral progression. These operations are also known as arithmetic, the Do-Re-Mi of Mathematics (Byrce, 2016). One of the learners’ gaps who enter in high school has difficulty in their basic mathematical skills and concepts especially in four fundamental operations of integers. Mathematics is commonly identified as one of the most difficult subjects encountered by learners in schools and adults...
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...Primary Mathematics EDM312 Word Count – 1657 “Use your reading and classroom experience to provide a critical analysis of the potential of teaching activities you would use to develop children’s learning of reasoning. Include within your analysis how you would include discussion and ICT.” Reasoning falls under the ‘Using and applying’ heading of the National Strategies guidance (DfES,2006) this covers ‘Making decisions, reasoning and generalising about numbers and shapes; and problems involving ‘real life’, money or measures’ (p3). This assignment will discuss activities which develop children’s abilities to reason. In addition it will consider the underlying skills required to develop children’s confidence and understanding of reasoning. Finally it will consider whether a child acquiring the skill of reasoning is important to their education and mathematical development. In addition throughout it will examine the teachers’ role in developing high-quality mathematical dialogue. To some, the ability to reason may seem like a simple skill, however in order for a person to reason there are many fundamental skills which must be first developed. The Using and Applying Guidance Paper (DfES,2006) believes before children are able to reason they must first acquire a confidence with solving problems and thinking logically. Then they should develop the ability to ‘represent’ the problem, choosing key information and using mathematical calculations, pictures and diagrams to record...
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... |Pages 6 -10 | |Core Unit Descriptions |11 -30 | |Vocational Pathway Course Overview |31 - 32 | |Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Overview |33 - 37 | |Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Subjects |38 - 66 | |Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Overview |67 | |Vocational Education and Training in Schools Program (VETis) |68 | |Vocational Education and Training in Schools Program (VETis) Course Descriptions |69 - 74 | |Appendix (Course Selection Forms)...
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...TITLE PAGE THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (FCE), ZARIA KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA BY NAME | REG NUMBER | USMAN HAUWA | EZ/11/MACO/008 | MICHAEL GOTOM HELEN | EZ/11/MACO/036 | AKUBO OMERA ISAIAH | EZ/11/MACO/043 | SARKI DORATHY BELLO | EZ/11/MACO/089 | IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE), DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZARIA JULY, 2014 APROVAL PAGE This project has been read and approved as meeting the requirement for the Award of Nigeria Certificate in Education in the School of Science, Mathematics Department, Federal College of Education, Zaria. ____________________________ _____________________ MAL. UMAR ISAH OHIMEGE DATE PROJECT SUPERVISOR _________________________ _______________________ MAL. SANI SAIDU DATE PROJECT COORDINATOR _________________________ _______________________ SHETTIMA MUSTAPHA DATE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT DEDICATION We whole-heartedly dedicate this research study to God Almighty for His guidance, protection, care and infinite mercy that He bestrode upon us throughout the period of our study, who is the sources of wisdom and knowledge. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We whole-heartedly thank God Almighty for the opportunity He has granted to us to complete this piece of work successfully and for his infinite...
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