Unit I: Math and Math Education (3)
1.1 Mathematics
and mathematics education
1.2 Nature of
mathematics and mathematics education
1.3 Difference
between mathematics and mathematics education
Unit II: Different Learning Theories (5)
2.1 Cognitive
theories of learning mathematics:
• Piaget’s
learning theory
• Bruner’s
learning theory
• Gagne’s
learning theory
2.2 Implications of
different learning theories.
Unit III: Formulation of Instructional Objectives (8)
3.1.Introduction to goals and objectives
3.2Instructional objectives and their classification based on Bloom`s taxonomy
3.3Writing instructional objectives
Unit IV: Instructional Planning (8 )
4.1 Introduction
4.2Types of planning
4.3 Importance of planning
4.4 Preparing
different types of plans
• Annual
Plan
• Unit Plan
• Lesson
Plan
Unit V: Instructional Strategies (10)
5.1Problems of instruction in mathematics
• Understanding,
• Assimilation,
• Permanence
• Tansfer
5.2 Different teaching methods used under different
instructional strategies in mathematics classroom
• Lecture
• Laboratory
• Inductive
• Deductive
• Analytic
• Deductive
• Problem
solving
• Guided
discovery
• Project
method
Unit VI: Evaluation (6)
6.1Traditional vs alternative assessment
• Formative
assessment
• Challenges
of formative assessment
• Suggestions
for improvement of formative assessment.
• Summative
assessment and its use
6.2 Measurement and evaluation
• Meaning
• Types
• Comparison
6.3Different types of tests
• Achievement
test
• Diagnostic
test
Unit VII: Teaching Selected topics of different branches of
mathematics (8)
• Arithmetic
• Algebra
• Geometry