Study Guide
Test I

Spring 2009 (Section 001)

You are responsible for the information in the text (Reys Chapters 1-6 and 14-15 and Copley Chapters 1-3, 5-6) as well as all class discussions, handouts (Course Pack), and PowerPoint presentations.  The following list represents a sampling of topics designed to assist in preparing for the test.

Curriculum Standards and Planning
NCTM Standards - Process and Content
NCTM Principles
Best Practice in K-6 Mathematics Teaching

Problem Solving
What is problem solving?
Effective ways to teach problem solving
Problem solving strategies

Meeting Individual Needs / Theories of Instruction
Constructivism
Vygotsky
Piaget
Zone of Proximal Development

Assessment
Formative and Summative
North Carolina Assessments (EOG and K-2 Assessment)

Geometry
Van Hiele Model of Geometric Thought
Transformations (translations, reflections, rotations)
Manipulatives and methods appropriate for teaching geometry
Properties of basic shapes, e.g. quadrilaterals

Algebra
Sorting and Classifying
Patterns
Appropriate methods for teaching sorting and classifying
Appropriate tools/manipulatives for teaching sorting and classifying