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Substantive Undergraduate Course Proposal Form

1. Department and Contact Information

Tracking Number Date & Time Submitted162 2010-03-25 12:56:32 Department College Budget Account NumberSecondary Education Education 172400 Contact Person Phone EmailRick Austin [email protected]

2. Course Information

Prefix Number Full TitleMAE 4330 Teaching Senior High School Mathematics

Is the course title variable? NIs a permit required for registration? NAre the credit hours variable? N

Credit Hours Section Type Grading Option3 Class Lecture (Primarily) Regular Total Clock Hours Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum)45 Tch Sr. High Math

Prerequisites Admission to Mathematics Education Program or CI

Corequisites

Co-Prequisites

Course Description The course is designed to prepare the student for a successful internship experience s well as aninduction to teaching mathematics in the high schools of today. The experiences help bridge theperceived gap between theory and practice.

3. New Course Information

New Prefix New Number New Full TitleN/A N/A N/A

Is the course title variable? NIs a permit required for registration? NAre the credit hours variable? N

New Credit Hours New Section Type New Grading OptionN/A Class Lecture (Primarily) Regular New Total Clock Hours New Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum)N/A N/A

New Prerequisites MAE 4320 or CI

New Corequisites N/A



New Co-Prerequisites N/A

New Course Description N/A

4. Justification

A. Nature of change(s)

We are changing the prerequisites to insure that the topics from MAE 4320 have beencovered prior to taking this course. This will help to avoid repetition of topics and alsohelp students plan for their program of study. This course is offered each springsemester. The plan is that those students who take MAE 4320 in the fall would then takethis class in the spring after they have been admitted into the mathematics educationmajor.

The previous objective concerning classroom management has been dropped. Thematerials is covered in the required course in classroom management.

This minor change should have no impact on either accreditation or on certification.

B. Indicate how this course will strengthen the Undergraduate Program.

This course has always been a part of the undergraduate program in mathematicseducation. The changes provide more structure for students to plan their program, andavoid duplication of effort that has occurred in the past.

C. What specific area of knowledge is covered by this change that is not covered by coursescurrently listed.

This course deals directly with planning lessons, objectives and assessing student workas a part of a unit of study. It is also where the general issues of curriculum andinstruction are first presented. The mathematics topics that serve as the foci for theteaching are from high school curriculum.

D. What is the need or demand for this course? {Here you must indicate if this course is part of arequired sequence in the major} What other programs would this course?

This course typically occurs in the middle of the mathematics education major set ofcourses prior to the internship. The course is required of all mathematics educationmajors. The class is taught each spring semester. The class enrollment the last twoyears has been 34 and 33 students respectively.

E. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course?

An instructor for this course should hold least a masters degree and 18 graduate hoursin mathematics education. Instructors with former teaching at the high school level, aswell as PhD degree are preferred.

F. What will be the effect of this change on the program and on the students? Do you plan to drop acourse if this change is made?

No course will be dropped. The change to students will be that their plan of study willbegin in the fall with MAE 4320 and then this class the following spring. Studentsadmitted in the spring or summer will need to take general core education courses andmathematics courses until the fall semester, rather than taking the math educationcourses out of sequence (as is now possible).

5. Other Course Information

A. Objectives / Outcomes

As a competent mathematics intern teacher you must accept the challenge to effectively



teach all students assigned to your classes. As a result of your active participation inthis class you will be able to: 1. Explain how a school's mathematics curriculum plan fitsthe overall view of curriculum and how it aligns with national, state and local standards;2. Plan for teaching a mathematics course on a long range (year), medium range (unit),and short range (lesson) basis; 3. Assess student progress and assign grades tostudents in a fair manner; 4. Identify and implement effective instructional strategiesthat are appropriate for a given task; 5. Incorporate problem solving; 6. Work withstudents of various mathematical abilities, increasing their skills and improving theirattitudes towards mathematics and its usefulness in daily life;

B. Major Topics

Teaching in a High School: An Overview Professional Responsibilities Ethical BehaviorLeadership Structures Professional Development Opportunities Learning Theories andCurriculum A review of competing theories of learning as applied to mathematics Overallviews of curriculum

C. Textbooks

A current High School Methods Text such as current editions of these examplesBeckmann, Thompson and Rubenstein. Teaching and Learning High School MathematicsPosamenter and Stepelman. Teaching Secondary School Mathematics Brumbaugh andRock Teaching Secondary Mathematics Selected readings from The Mathematics Teacher(NCTM Journal in the Library) New Generation Sunshine State Standards:http://floridastandards.org/index.aspx

6. Syllabus

Your college will forward an electronic copy of your syllabus to Undergraduate Studies when yourcourse is approved for submission.

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