This course will provide the student with the opportunity to observe, interact and work in the mathematics classroom. It is designed to give practical experiences to preprofessional students through school-based experiences in public and approved private school classrooms. Preprofessional students work directly with classroom teachers and have opportunity to teach both large and small group activities. This course is also designed to develop the competencies relative to program planning, instruction, daily scheduling, record keeping, evaluation, classroom management, reporting to parents, professional organizations, and teacher ethics. Students spend a minimum of 60 school- based hours in the classroom. An Extensive Writing Component in the form of a journal is required.