Students will understand and be able to evaluate important issues, trends, theories, paradigms of research, and research findings in a specified subtopic of the field of mathematics education, as well as their implications for the teaching and learning of mathematics in the public schools, mathematics teacher development, and participation in mathematics education scholarship.

Students can apply principles of quality research to analyze and critique research on a specified subtopic of the field of mathematics education, and understand the affordances and constraints of research paradigms and methodologies in this body of research.

Students strive to follow the example of Jesus Christ in both their personal and professional lives, seek consistency between their understanding of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and principles of mathematics teaching and learning studied in this course, and use this enriched understanding of teaching and learning to nurture the divine potential of all in their spheres of influence.