The course is intended to deal with the assessment of cognitive, psychomotor and affective development of students and perspectives of assessment of mathematics teaching and learning
This course is designed to expose students to contemporary issues in curriculum studies and development in mathematics education.
The course will examine various philosophies of mathematics and their implications for their definitions of mathematics, the development of mathematics,
the structure and nature of some branches of mathematics, abstraction, symbolism, induction, deduction, mathematical logic, proofs and models in mathematics.
The course will expose students to advanced core areas in Mathematics to enable them acquire concepts and skills that will enhance their
competence in Mathematics Education research at the highest level.
The course is designed to guide students to develop and research on cultural and ethnic specific concepts and practices in
African and other developing countries relevant to school mathematics.
The course will build on students’ knowledge in educational research and aspects of mathematics education research.
The course is designed to build on the knowledge of the student in curriculum development at the masters’ level.
The course aims to provide a detailed study and evaluation of recent research developments within the fields of learning, perception and cognition,
and guide students to consider the implications of these recent advances on mathematics instruction.
The project forms a major part of the course. Its objective is to provide the student with the opportunity to apply knowledge obtained from the rest of the course to the solution of a practical problem.
The course exposes students to definition and purposes of research, types of research problems in computer science.
