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Subject: EDUC

Number: 793

Title: Math Works: Teaching Math with the Brain in Mind

Level: Graduate

Medium: Text-based

Semester: On-going

Units: 3

Cost: $360

Register: Online Registration (LEI courses)

Description:
Explore the latest brain research and its impact for teaching mathematics at all grade levels. The course will delve into the cognitive mechanisms for learning math and the environmental and developmental factors that contribute to math difficulties. Learn how to plan effective mathematics lessons with a host of brain-compatible strategies.

Objectives:

Understand how the brain encodes, manipulates, stores, and retrieves information.
Understand the important role the following concepts play in learning: elaborate rehearsal, primacy-recency effect, cognitive closure.
Learn how critical number sense is in the development of math skills.
Learn how to construct meaningful mathematics lessons.

Textbook: NA

Instructor: Kyle Pederson, Joe Cotter, Dr. William Martin


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