CIT506 Teaching for Conceptual Integration in Mathematics and Social Studies

The course focuses on how student learning can be enhanced when a teacher blends together instructional methods that help student integrate concepts, ideas, processes, and contexts from the curricular areas of mathematics and social studies. Assertions that cross these school subjects include: - Inquiry in social studies and mathematical problem solving can be blended. - In the social sciences data is collected, analyzed, and used as evidence to draw conclusions, make decisions, and as a way of explaining phenomena. - Social phenomena can be represented mathematically. - Investigating cross-cultural and historical development of mathematical ideas can build understanding of concepts. Prerequisites: Admission to program; CIT501, CIT502, and EPS 541. 3 Semester Hours.