School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Diagnosis and Intervention
  • Unit Code

    MAE4270
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

In this unit pre-service teachers will investigate why learning mathematics is difficult for some children. Skills in collecting, analysing and responding to mathematics assessment data will be introduced, and the implications for teaching practices will be investigated. In addition, pre-service teachers will build a bank of diagnostic tools, resources, strategies and practices for professional use in diagnosis and intervention.

Prerequisite Rule

MAE3260

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify common difficulties experienced by children in the development of mathematical concepts and skills
  2. Evaluate a range of diagnostic assessment tools in mathematics.
  3. Interpret the results of diagnostic assessment data to identify achievement levels and/or gaps in learning.
  4. Analyse strategies and resources to support the struggling mathematics learner.

Unit Content

  1. Common causes of mathematics difficulties
  2. Assessment strategies and procedures.
  3. Interpretation of case-study data
  4. Strategies and resources to support the struggling mathematics learner.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Tutorials, Workshops, Group Work, Independent Study

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 50%
PresentationPresentation50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 50%
PresentationPresentation50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Diagnosis and Intervention
  • Unit Code

    MAE4270
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

In this unit pre-service teachers will investigate why learning mathematics is difficult for some children. Skills in collecting, analysing and responding to mathematics assessment data will be introduced, and the implications for teaching practices will be investigated. In addition, pre-service teachers will build a bank of diagnostic tools, resources, strategies and practices for professional use in diagnosis and intervention.

Prerequisite Rule

MAE3260

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify common difficulties experienced by children in the development of mathematical concepts and skills
  2. Evaluate a range of diagnostic assessment tools in mathematics.
  3. Interpret the results of diagnostic assessment data to identify achievement levels and/or gaps in learning.
  4. Analyse strategies and resources to support the struggling mathematics learner.

Unit Content

  1. Common causes of mathematics difficulties
  2. Assessment strategies and procedures.
  3. Interpretation of case-study data
  4. Strategies and resources to support the struggling mathematics learner.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Tutorials, Workshops, Group Work, Independent Study

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 50%
PresentationPresentation50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 50%
PresentationPresentation50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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