Teaching K-6 Numbers and Operations. ((3 Credits))

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Prerequisite(s): Admission to School of Education graduate program; professional educator license; or permission of the Dean of the School of Education Designed for K-6 teachers. Covers the content of Number and Operations to develop a comprehensive understanding of our number system and relate its structure to computation, arithmetic, algebra, and problem solving. Includes number, number sense, computation, and estimation through a coordinated program of activities that develop number concepts and skills. Special attention in this course will be given to how children learn and connect the fundamental concepts of number systems, children's developmental trajectories in the mathematical content of number and operations, how children construct their understanding of various number systems and arithmetic, children's typical error patterns, problem solving strategies, interpreting and assessing students' work and learning, and integration of the NCTM process standards and the Utah Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs).