Functions and Modeling for Secondary Mathematics Teachers

Catalog description

Candidates engage in explorations and lab activities designed to strengthen and expand their knowledge of the topics found in secondary mathematics. Candidates collect data and explore a variety of situations that can be modeled using linear, exponential, polynomial, and trigonometric functions. Activities are designed to have to have them take a second, deeper look at topics they should have been exposed to previously; illuminate the connections between secondary and college mathematics; illustrate good, as opposed to typically poor, sometimes counterproductive, uses of technology in teaching; illuminate the connections between various areas of mathematics; and engage them in serious (i.e., non-routine) problem solving, problem-based learning, and applications of mathematics.