MTH2080 Number and Algebra for K-8 Teachers
This course is designed to provide students majoring in elementary education, special education or middle grades education with a deep conceptual knowledge for teaching mathematics. The main focus is the integration of mathematical content with the process standards (problem-solving, communication, reasoning, representation, and connections within and outside of mathematics). Content includes numeration systems, set theory, number theory, rational and irrational numbers (concepts, operations, properties and algorithms) and algebraic reasoning.
Prerequisite
STS 1100 , MTH 1510, or higher; EDU 2110,SOC 2430, or EDU 2500
Notes
Offered fall; winter of even numbered years, spring of odd numbered years.
Course Outcomes
- Students will be able to clarify and articulate their beliefs about teaching and learning mathematics, addressing such questions as: What do I believe math is, and how is it best learned? What do I believe about the ways students develop mathematically? What do I believe about all students having opportunities to have access to and learn the same mathematics content?
- Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to build their own comprehension of content and processes, addressing such questions as: What do I know about this mathematics content? What are the central ideas and processes? What are the standard misconceptions? In what contexts does this content appear?
- Students will be able to understand instruction that involves transforming the content for “the minds and motivations of learners” (Shulman, 1987, p. 16), addressing such questions as: What do I know about what makes learning this content easy or difficult and about the most effective ways to present this content? What tasks, representations, teaching methods, and models are available for particular content?