MAE412 : Fundamental of measurement for primary school teachers / Faculty of Education

This course discusses the mathematical content in the area of measurements which covers the topics of length, area, weight (and mass), volume & capacity, and time. Students will review their knowledge and understanding of the concepts of the stated measures; deepen their knowledge of the subject matter and improve their strategies for teaching these concepts of measures. The students will enhance their knowledge of measures where this course will stress on concepts rather than numbers and computations. Conceptual knowledge of measure refers to understanding the nature of the measure, understanding how the use of standard units produces a measure and understanding the way measuring instruments work. We will also examine knowledge of how children’s thinking and learning the above topics. The development of pedagogical content knowledge for each topic will be discussed in detail. The appropriate concrete materials, to introduce and develop the concepts and skills for certain topics will also be discussed