NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERISTY OF NIGERIA
                                91 Cadastral Zone, Nnamdi Azikwe Expressway, Jabi, Abuja
                                DEPT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION,  FACULTY OF EDUCATION
                                NOV/DEC.  2018_2 EXAMINATION
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COURSE CODE:  EDU740		
COURSE TITLE:  MATHEMATICS METHODS
CREDIT UNITS:	 2
TIME ALLOWED:	2 HOURS
         INSTRUCTION:  	ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER 2
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1. Choose a particular mathematics topic at the Junior Secondary School class level,       write a full detailed unit lesson plan which you can teach for 40 minutes.  (30mks)

2. Mathematics cannot be taught successfully without teacher’s knowledge of child’s      psychological makeup. In what ways has Piaget’s theory of intellectual     development assisted the teacher in teaching mathematics successfully?   (20mks)

3. Define and attempt the classification of instructional objectives that should be    measured in a mathematics lesson. Discuss fully each of your classification.                     (20mks).

4. a) What is Mathematics laboratory? What are the things you will put in place as              procedure before using laboratory method of teaching mathematics?    (12mks)
    b)   What are the advantages of discovery method of mathematics teaching? (8mks)