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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Mathematics Clinic
  • Unit Code

    MAE6275
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Paula Mary MILDENHALL

Description

This unit develops the skills and knowledge necessary for reflective, critical inquiry in the teaching of mathematics. The focus of this unit is an investigation into a particular issue of their choice in mathematics and provides the opportunity for students to evaluate mathematics diagnostic tools, and apply their knowledge through planning a program and working independently one-on-one with a child with misconceptions in mathematics. The unit enables students to participate in wider professional debates by investigating the connection between research and practice.

Equivalent Rule

Equivalent to MAE4275

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Work collaboratively with colleagues on a systematic inquiry into an aspect of teaching mathematics.
  2. Critically evaluate and then apply appropriate tools for diagnosing children's abilities in mathematics.
  3. Produce and explain a Session Plan to create a sequence of learning experiences in mathematics for one child.
  4. Use appropriate computer software to complete and present a report.
  5. Synthesise and present aspects of the inquiry to interested groups.
  6. Produce a written report synthesising and analysing findings using a range of data gathering and analysis techniques, combining qualitative and quantitative research processes.

Unit Content

  1. A review of current research, theory and practice in an area of mathematics education.
  2. Ethical considerations when researching young children.
  3. Data collection: working with one child to diagnose possible misconceptions in mathematics, and through critical analysis produce an individualised learning program.
  4. Analysis of the child's progress.
  5. Synthesise findings and produce a report.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Tutorials, Workshops, Group Work, Independent study, Research

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportDiagnostic report50%
Case StudyCase study of intervention50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportDiagnostic report50%
Case StudyCase study of intervention50%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Mathematics Clinic
  • Unit Code

    MAE6275
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Paula Mary MILDENHALL

Description

This unit develops the skills and knowledge necessary for reflective, critical inquiry in the teaching of mathematics. The focus of this unit is an investigation into a particular issue of their choice in mathematics and provides the opportunity for students to evaluate mathematics diagnostic tools, and apply their knowledge through planning a program and working independently one-on-one with a child with misconceptions in mathematics. The unit enables students to participate in wider professional debates by investigating the connection between research and practice.

Equivalent Rule

Equivalent to MAE4275

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Work collaboratively with colleagues on a systematic inquiry into an aspect of teaching mathematics.
  2. Critically evaluate and then apply appropriate tools for diagnosing children's abilities in mathematics.
  3. Produce and explain a Session Plan to create a sequence of learning experiences in mathematics for one child.
  4. Produce a written report synthesising and analysing findings using a range of data gathering and analysis techniques, combining qualitative and quantitative research processes.

Unit Content

  1. A review of current research, theory and practice in an area of mathematics education.
  2. Ethical considerations when researching young children.
  3. Data collection: working with one child to diagnose possible misconceptions in mathematics, and through critical analysis produce an individualised learning program.
  4. Analysis of the child's progress.
  5. Synthesise findings and produce a report.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 28 x 4 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Tutorials, Workshops, Group Work, Independent study, Research

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportDiagnostic report50%
Case StudyCase study of intervention50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportDiagnostic report50%
Case StudyCase study of intervention50%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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