Advanced Topics In Mathematics For Elementary School Teachers III

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Topics in proportionality, geometry, and measurement such as proportional reasoning and rescaling in geometric contexts, perspective, congruence and similarity, basic geometric figures, transformations, coordinate geometry, geometric measurement in multiple dimensions, constructions, proof and argumentation. Appropriate technologies for teaching such topics will be used. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Prerequisite(s): MA 13700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B AND MA 13900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B Course Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate knowledge of core concepts and principles of Euclidean geometry in two and three dimensions. 2. Exhibit knowledge of informal proof. 3. Specifiy locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry. 4. Analyze properties and relationships of geometric shapes and structures. 5. Apply transformation and use congruence, similarity, and line or rotational symmetry. 6. Apply techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements. 7. Employ estimation as a way of understanding measurement units and processes. 8. Completes error analysis through determining the reliability of the numbers obtained from measurement. 9. Demonstrate an understanding of the instructional decision-making processes of guided reinvention teachers. View Class Schedule