Rx 4 Discovery Math II

This is a lecture and laboratory course designed to train educators to provide mathematical intervention in a group setting. Rx 4 Discovery Math II is specifically intended for students in grades 6th-8th who would benefit from intensive, small-group instruction in mathematics with an emphasis on fostering self-regulated learning behaviors and beliefs, improving problem-solving skills, strengthening mathematical fluency, enhancing discourse and peer collaboration, building metacognitive skills, and improving non-cognitive factors affecting mathematical thinking and learning.

RX 4 Discovery Math II will support educators to establish classroom contexts that develop students’ self-regulated learning behaviors and beliefs. Students who are self-regulated apply knowledge, skills, and dispositions to engage in mathematics learning with confidence.

Students will:

A. Develop an understanding of rational numbers through activities focused on:

1. Problem Solving
2. Fractions
3. Decimals
4. Percents
5. Algebra
6. Geometry
7. Math Vocabulary

B. Develop computational fluency

C. Develop math vocabulary

D. Develop problem-solving strategies

E. Strengthen cognitive functions through targeted intervention activities and specific questioning and feedback

F. Apply SRL strategies to solve mathematic problems

G. Increase in confidence to solve mathematic problems

H. Learn how to effectively work in small groups with others