Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Didactics of Mathematics
Code: 551032

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1 Introduction to the Didactics

of Mathematics.

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Tuesday, October The activity ends on: Monday, November
19, 2021 1, 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Familiarize with some concepts of Didactics of Mathematics in learning and teaching contexts.

The activity consists of:

a) Watching the video, “The Importance of Didactics in Mathematics” or searching for

any other online resource related to an overview of Didactics of Mathematics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh1SkT2W9sQ

b) Answering the following five questions on a word document.

1. According to the video or your personal search, what is Didactics?
2. According to the video or your personal search, why is it important the Didactics?
3. According to your personal search, what is Didactics of Mathematics?
4. According to the video or your personal search, what is a main difference between
the Singapore Lesson and the American lesson?
5. What do you think of Didactics of Mathematics after watching the video?

c) Recording a video presenting the five answers given to the questions.

(You need to appear in the video, talking in front of the camera NO READING. Usted
puede agregar más detalles a cada una de las respuestas cuando este grabando el
video). OJO SI USTED LEE EL CONTENIDO DE SUS PARRAFOS EN EL VIDEO SU
CALIFACION SERA CERO. Pídale a alguien que lo grabe o busque una estrategia para
que usted no esté cerca del computador leyendo.

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For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Introduce yourself in the course general forum (Social interaction). Your participation
can include: Name, location, class expectations and email and phone number which
are optional.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Explore the course syllabus and print the agenda.

Search and watch the video referenced in unit 1 related to the initial activity. (The
Importance of Didactics in Mathematics) or any other video posted on the same topic.

Read carefully the activity guide and the evaluation rubric.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Post a word document presenting the answers to the 5 questions as well as the link
of the recorded video.

Evidences of individual work:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

A word document presenting the 5 answers as well as the link of your video
containing the previous answers.

Evidences of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

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For Individual evidences, consider the following:
The final word document must contain 3 elements. 1. A cover page (portada) 2.
The answers to the 5 questions. 3. The link of your video presenting the previous 5
questions. This document must be posted on the evaluation environment.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference and
paragraph f) To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13
de diciembre de 2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation
High level: The word document contains the five content
criterion:
centered answers with minimal grammar or spelling mistakes.

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A grammatically If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
accurate word and 10 points
document
containing 5 Average level: The word document contains five or less
answers content centered answers with some grammar or spelling
mistakes.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
represents 10 and 5 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The word document contains 5 or less content
the activity. centered answers with serious grammar or spelling mistakes.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 3 points
Second evaluation High level: The video contains the five content centered
criterion: answers with minimal pronunciation mistakes.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
A clear and content and 10 points
centered video
Average level: The video contains fiver or less content
This criterion centered answers with some pronunciation mistakes.
represents 10 If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
points of the total and 3 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The word document contains five or less content
centered answers with serious pronunciation mistakes.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 2
points and 0 points
Third evaluation High level: The final document contains the cover page, the
criterion: content centered answers and the link to the video.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
A three-part final and4 points
document.
Average level: The final document contains two out of three
This criterion parts of the final work.
represents 5 If your work is at this level, you can get between 3 points
points of the total and 2 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The final document contains one out of three part
of the final work.

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If your work is at this level, you can get between 1
points and 0 points