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Course Catalog 1998/99


Education and Teaching Methods

PÄN017 Active Mathematics 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q2, Q4

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Gunnar Jakobsson-Åhl Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
General eligibility for admission.

COURSE AIM
Students should be able to: -solve problem of non-routine character, -account for how conceptualization in pupils in compulsory comprehensiv school can be stimulated with creative working methods.

CONTENTS
The course has a didactic orientation with its focuse on conceptualization and problem-solving. Concreate materials are used in all areas e.g. games, plays as support for concept development. Manufacturing of their own constructions in interaction with handicraft. *Numbers and number comprehension The four rules of arithmetic, natural numbers, integers, decimal numbers, fraction, percentage, process knowledge, concept knowledge. *Geometry Conceptualization, laboratory methods, outdoor mathematics. Algebra Basic concepts, solutions of equations, applications. *Problem-solving Strategy of problem-solving, everyday mathematics, mathematics as recreation.

TEACHING
Lessons and group practice.

EXAMINATION
Compulsory assignements, displays and work folders.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass.

ITEMS/CREDITS
1.50ECTS
6.00ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Bolt, B. (1984). Boken om aktiviteter i matematik. Göteborg: Förlagshuset Gothia. ISBN 91-7728-112-8. Aktuella tidskriftsartiklar och opublicerat material som preciseras i samband med undervisningen.

REMARKS


Further information: Gunnar Jakobsson-Åhl

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