List of Mathematics Education, Education Research, Education Perspectives Courses
Here is a partial list of courses that students commonly take in the mathematics education doctoral program.
- Course: MTHE 840 Critical Content of School Mathematics: Numbers and Operations
- Semester: Spring of odd years
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Restrictions: Open to graduate students.
- Description: Mathematical foundations of numbers, number systems, and related algorithms. Historical development. Development in school curriculum. Research on teaching and learning.
- Course: MTHE 841 Critical Content of School Mathematics: Algebra
- Semester: Fall of odd years
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Recommended Background: MTH 310 and MTH 320
- Restrictions: Open to graduate students.
- Description: Mathematical foundations of algebra. Historical development. Development in school curriculum. Research on teaching and learning.
- Course: MTHE 842 Critical Content of School Mathematics: Geometry
- Semester: Spring of even years
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Recommended Background: MTH 330 or MTH 432
- Restrictions: Open to graduate students.
- Description: Mathematical foundations of geometry. Instructional materials. Historical development. Development of geometry in school curriculum. Research on teaching and learning.
- Course: MTHE 879 Teaching College Mathematics
- Semester: Fall of even years
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Reenrollment Information: A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
- Recommended Background: Past or concurrent mathematics teaching experience.
- Description: Curriculum materials, case studies, approaches to teaching and student learning of particular mathematics topics.
- Interdepartmental With: Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Mathematics, Teacher Education
- Administered By: Mathematics Education
- Course: MTHE 926 Proseminar in Mathematics Education I
- Semester: Fall semesters
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Description: Research on the learning and teaching of mathematics. Focus on curriculum, discourse, equity and teacher education.
- Interdepartmental With: Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Mathematics, Teacher Education
- Administered By: Mathematics Education
- Course: MTHE 927 Proseminar in Mathematics Education II
- Semester: Spring semesters
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Description: Research on the learning and teaching of mathematics. Focus on teaching, student learning, assessment and policy.
- Interdepartmental With: Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Mathematics, Teacher Education
- Administered By: Mathematics Education
- Course: MTHE 954 Design and Methods in Mathematics Education Research
- Semester: Fall of every year
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Recommended Background: (MTHE 927) and at least one approved research methods course.
- Description: History, current trends, and issues pertaining to research design and methods in mathematics education research. Mathematics education research in the areas of policy, teaching, teacher learning, and student learning with particular attention to how research design influence research findings.
- Interdepartmental With: Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Mathematics, Teacher Education
- Administered By: Mathematics Education
- Course: MTHE 990 Independent Study
- Semester: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
- Credits: Variable from 1 to 3
- Reenrollment Information: A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
- Restrictions: Open to doctoral students.
- Description: Individualized study for doctoral level students.
- Course: MTHE 995 Research Practicum
- Semester: Spring of every year
- Credits: Total Credits: 3
- Recommended Background: MTHE 954
- Restrictions: Open to graduate students in the Mathematics Education Major. Approval of department.
- Description: Supervised research practicum. Design, execution, analysis, presentation, critique, and revision of research projects.
- Course: MTHE 997 Special Topics in Mathematics Education
- Semester: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
- Credits: Variable from 3 to 6
- Reenrollment Information: A student may earn a maximum of 18 credits in all enrollments for this course.
- Description: Advanced topics in mathematics education.
- Course: MTHE 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research
- Semester: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
- Credits: Variable from 1 to 24
- Reenrollment Information: A student may earn a maximum of 120 credits in all enrollments for this course.
- Recommended Background: MTHE 926 and MTHE 927 and MTHE 954
- Description: Doctoral dissertation research.
- (Note: Every doctoral student at MSU is required to take 24 of the 999 credits in their program. Our students are capped at 30 credits of 999.)
- Course: CEP 911 Intellectual History of Educational Psychology
- Semester: Fall of every year
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Restrictions: Open to doctoral students.
- Description: Ideas and perspectives on learning and development that have shaped educational psychology. Learning of school subject matters. Learning and development in relation to educational settings.
- Course: CEP 913 Psychology and Pedagogy of Mathematics
- Semester: Fall of odd years
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Recommended Background: CEP 902
- Restrictions: Open to doctoral students.
- Description: Psychological theory and research on the learning of mathematics. Development of mathematical thinking and knowledge in school and other settings.
- Course: CEP 931/TE 931 Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Educational Research
- Semester: Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Recommended Background: CEP 930
- Description: Concepts and assumptions underlying multiple traditions of qualitative research methods in education. Relationship between research questions and qualitative research design. Epistemology, methods, and ethical issues of ethnography, case study research, grounded theory, oral history and discourse analysis. Criteria for appraising and critiquing qualitative research designs, claims, and evidence,
- Interdepartmental With: Teacher Education, Educational Administration
- Course: CEP 933 Quantitative Methods in Educational Research II
- Semester: Fall of every year, Spring of every year
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Prerequisite: CEP 932
- Recommended Background: College algebra. Students from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and College of Human Ecology should be enrolled in programs with a focus on education.
- Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in the College of Education, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and College of Human Ecology.
- Description: Advanced techniques of data analysis and statistical inference used in educational and psychological research. Multiple regression, analysis of variance, and basic principles of experimental design in educational applications.
- Course: TE 950 Mathematical Ways of Knowing
- Semester: Spring of odd years
- Credits: Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
- Recommended Background: Two undergraduate mathematics courses.
- Description: Philosophical, cultural, political, societal, psychological, and historical perspectives on knowing in mathematics as a discipline.
To see all MSU courses offered in a given semester: MSU Schedule of Courses: https://schedule.msu.edu/</
Mathematics Education Graduate Program
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Ralph Putnam, Director of PRIME and Math Ed Doctoral Program
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Lisa Keller, Assistant Director of PRIME
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Freda Cruél, Graduate Secretary
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