This course deepens the student's knowledge of the didactics of mathematics, based on didactic research and practice-based knowledge. The course aims to develop the student's basic knowledge and practice regarding the development of students' mathematical abilities and how the the students' learning process can be monitored. Course topics:
- Principles of school mathematics
- Efficient teaching and learning of mathematics in the classroom
- Reflective teaching and teaching strategies
- Curriculum design in mathematics
- Mathematical abilities in the curriculum and in didactic research
- Students with special needs and students with special abilities in need of additional challenges
- Common misconceptions regarding mathematics among pupils in school year 7-9
- Didactic focus on analysis in one variable, vector algebra and discrete mathematics
- The affective, cognitive and psycho-motoric domains of learning
- Formative and summative assessment and grading
- Design of tests, and the validity and reliability of test tasks
- Swedish pupils' results in international assessments
- Didactic focus on selected fields in mathematics subject of the Swedish compulsory school.