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Creating a Masters in Numeracy Program

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dc.creator Eric Gaze
dc.date 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:13:11Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:13:11Z
dc.identifier 1936-4660
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/d75879ee3dda446e88c94440c3338ed6
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15824
dc.description The Master of Science in Numeracy program at Alfred University received full approval from the New York State Education Department (NYSED) in May of 2007. This first-of-its-kind program seeks to provide teachers at all levels, from across the curriculum, the skills, and more importantly the confidence, to introduce relevant quantitative concepts in their own disciplines. Created to be a complement of the MS Ed. in Literacy, the 30-hour MS in Numeracy program consists of four required core courses (Teaching Numeracy, Teaching with Data, Assessment and Learning Theories in Numeracy, and Doing Science and Numeracy), five electives from a list of numeracy and literacy courses, and a Masters project. The program graduated its first student in May 2008 and three more since then. Major challenges for the program have included the uncertain (i.e., by-application) connection between an MS and licensure (in contrast to the automatic professional certification for MS Ed. degrees) and the small number of faculty involved in teaching the numeracy courses. The current status of the program is questionable as the person (the author) who taught the first three core courses has left the University and has not yet been replaced. Even so, I believe this MS in Numeracy program offers a potentially useful example of a strategy to enhance the spread of QL through teacher preparation.
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of South Florida Libraries
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.3.2.8
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1936-4660
dc.rights CC BY-NC
dc.source Numeracy, Vol 3, Iss 2, p 8 (2010)
dc.subject numeracy
dc.subject teacher preparation
dc.subject professional development
dc.subject graduate programs
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.title Creating a Masters in Numeracy Program
dc.type article


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