Proportional Reasoning

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Proportional Reasoning for Today's World (2) This course empowers secondary mathematics teachers to integrate essential concepts in number and proportional thinking into their classrooms. Teachers actively apply major mathematical concepts, procedures, and knowledge of number theory, ratio, rate, proportion, and operations. They also develop solution strategies which build their content knowledge of real and rational numbers Teachers also plan, refine, and implement tasks and lessons that foster students' proportional reasoning and enable them to make meaningful connections with real-world applications. The course prepares educators to lead effective, authentic, and inclusive mathematics instruction. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Teaching (MAT) [City Teaching Alliance].