Math for Teachers I

Catalog description

This course is designed for elementary education majors. Topics include problem solving, number theory, numeration systems, mental mathematics, electronic and written computation of whole numbers, integers,fractions, decimals and percents. This course will emphasize problem solving as described by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The educational goals described in the NCTM report, Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics will be sought. This course will satisfy the mathematics general education requirement for elementary education majors if MTH-122 (Math for Teachers II) has also been completed. Students seeking typical general education math credit at this level are advised to register for MTH-120 (Gerneral Education Mathematics) or MTH-139 (Probability and Statistics. (3 contact hours)