MTH2090 Geometry and Data 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 geometry, measurement, and selected topics in probability and statistics.
Prerequisite
STS 1100, MTH 1510, or higher; EDU 2110, SOC 2430, or EDU 2500
Notes
Offered fall; winter of odd numbered years, spring of even numbered years.
Course Outcomes
- Students will be able to analyze characteristics and properties of two and three dimensional shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.
- Students will be able to specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems.
- Students will be able to apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations.
- Students will be able to use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems.
- Students will be able to understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement.
- Students will be able to apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements.
- Students will be able to formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.
- Students will be able to understand and apply basic concepts of probability.