Fund Math Concepts Grades 4-8

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Fundamental Mathematics Concepts Taught in Grades 4-8: Mathematics taught in grades 4-8 will be examined from an advanced standpoint. This course is intended to help preservice middle school mathematics teachers make connections between their undergraduate mathematics education and the mathematics they will teach. Topics will be chosen from: number concepts and relationships, fundamental ideas of number theory, discrete mathematics, probability and statistics, numerical literacy, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, transformational geometry, patterns, variables, and functions, multiple representations of functions, mathematical modeling, and concepts of calculus.