Geometric Structures for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers

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Description: Foundations of geometry for prospective early childhood and elementary teachers, emphasizing conceptual understanding, in-class investigations, writing mathematical explanations, and analyzing elementary students' thinking. Topics include measurement, area, volume, transformations, scaling and similarity, angles, circles, quadrilaterals, and triangles. MATH 3403 and MATH 3603 prepare students for SMED 3153 and SMED 4153 or HDFS 3223 . Previously offered as MATH 3733.