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EDUC3305 Teaching Numeracy [UG, PG]

Credit 6 points
Availability Semester 1
Outcomes Students are able to design a numeracy program to support primary students’ early mathematical development and learning; demonstrate a repertoire of teaching and learning strategies relevant to numeracy; evaluate numeracy teaching practices; and develop their own practice on the basis of research and evidence.
Content Students explore the key features of numeracy teaching practices; plan and sequence teaching and learning strategies for primary mathematics skills and understandings; analyse the development of children’s mathematical understandings; examine exemplary teaching practices; and investigate strategies to support whole, small group and individualised numeracy instruction.
Assessment This comprises a 2000-word assignment and a two-hour final examination.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.
Location UWA (Crawley)
Mode on-campus
Unit Rules
Contact hourslectures/workshops: 2 hrs per week for 13 weeks; tutorials: 1 hr per week for 13 weeks



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