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: Wednesday, June The activity ends on: Tuesday, June 20,
14, 2023 2023
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 videos. The Importance of Didactics in Mathematics and Pushing

the Need for Interdisciplinary Work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uoXuq2Jul4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNqoLybBIjs

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

1. How can you make a fist approach to Mathematics learning?

2. What you must know about math before you do a class?
3. What are some ways to learn Mathematics as a teacher?
4. Give other examples about teacher’s mistakes when students are wrong.
5. According to your point of view. What you consider is essential in the
mathematics learning process?
6. How important do you consider interdisciplinarity is and how do you
consider BA in Maths and BA in English can work together to encourage
students learning process?

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 c) Recording a video presenting the 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.

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. Identify and watch the video related to the initial activity.
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 related to the video 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 student develops grammatically the word
criterion: document contains the six content centered answers with
minimal grammar or spelling mistakes.

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The student If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
develops and 10 points
grammatically
accurate word Average level: The student submits the task, and the word
document document contains six or less content centered answers with
containing 5 some grammar or spelling mistakes.
answers If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 5 points
This criterion
represents 10 Low level: The student submits the word document, but it
points of the total contains 6 or less content centered answers with serious
of 25 points of grammar or spelling mistakes.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 3 points
Second evaluation High level: The student records a video according to the
criterion: criteria, and the video contains the six content centered answers
with minimal pronunciation mistakes.
The student records 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 student records a video; however, the
This criterion video contains six or less content centered answers with some
represents 10 pronunciation mistakes.
points of the total If your work is at this level, you can get between 5 points
of 25 points of and 3 points
the activity.
Low level: The student records the video, but the word
document contains six 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

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of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The final document contains one out of three part
of the final work.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 1
points and 0 points