The teaching and learning methods of this subject are based on interactive dynamics of whole-group and small-group face-to-face participation.

The main tenets are as follows

• 25 hours for presentations of the teacher (whole-group)
• 10 hours for analyses of board games (small-group)
• 10 hours for mathematical recreation workshops (small-group)
• 5 hours for student presentations and other assessment tasks (whole-group)

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

CONTINUED ASSESSMENT

The students must participate in all lessons in order to have their activities assessed (up to 20% of incidences is contemplated). Moreover, the ordinary evaluation call will not be accomplishedfor students who have not submitted all the assessment activities within the corresponding deadlines and whose qualification is minimun 5 for each of these activities, including the written test. For these cases, there will be an extraordinary evaluation call where the maxium qualification will be 5. The dates of submission or accomplisment of the assessment activities are as follows:

• Analysis assignment: 28th September, 2026.
• Design assignment: 2th November, 2026.
• Mathematics classroom activity design project and oral presentation: 14th December, 2026.
• Final written exam: 11th January, 2027.

Activities of continued assessment	Qualification %
Classroom participation (individual)	10
Practice of analysis (pair)	10
Practice of design (pair)	15
Final written test (individual)	45
Design of classroom activities and presentation (small group)	20

The resit examination will take place on January 25, 2027. Students who obtain an average grade below 3.5 in the course will not be eligible to take the written resit examination.

No comprehensive final assessment (synthesis test) is offered.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students following the single-assessment route must complete three assignments (an analysis project, a design project, and a project on designing mathematics classroom activities), each worth 20% of the final grade, in addition to the same final written examination taken by students under continuous assessment, which is worth 40% of the overall grade. All assessment activities will take place on January 11, 2027.

Students must obtain a minimum grade of 5 in each assessment component (including the written examination) in order to be eligible for overall evaluation. The same resit system as for continuous assessment will apply, with the resit examination taking place on January 25, 2027.

In addition:

• Communicative competence will be taken into account in all assessment activities. Any assignment may be returned for revision if it contains deficiencies in written expression or spelling.
• The grade awarded for group work is not necessarily the same as the individual grade received by each member of the group.
• Copying or plagiarism in any assessment activity will result in a grade of zero for the course. The use of generative artificial intelligence tools to substitute for students’ own learning activities will also result in a grade of zero for the course.
• Grades for each assessment activity will be provided to students within 15 working days. Once grades have been released, students may review their marks during the office hours arranged by the instructor.