Math for Elementary School Teachers I with Support

Catalog description

This course develops understanding of the mathematical content of number and operations at the deep level required for successful elementary school teaching in ways that are meaningful to pre-service elementary teachers. Topics include: place value and arithmetic models, mental math, algorithms, pre-algebra, factors and prime numbers, fractions and decimals, ratio, percentage and rates, integers, elementary number theory, and the related developmental math to support these topics, covered in a just-in-time as needed basis. Co-requisite: MTH 060. Three lecture and three support hours per week.Gen. Ed. Competencies Met: Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.