Math 25 – Structure of Mathematics for Elementary Education

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Course Desc ription

This 3-semester hour course is restricted to Elementary Education majors. It is the first course in the Program of Study for a mathematics endorsement on an elementary education teaching certificate.

It is highly recommended that this course be taken prior to Educ 126 – Teaching of Mathematics.

This course as in all mathematics education courses is explicitly designed for prospective elementary school teachers. The goals of this program are to help each student to:

$*$ Become a mathematical problem solver

$*$ Learn to communicate mathematically

$*$ Learn to reason mathematically

$*$ Connect mathematical ideas

$*$ Learn to value mathematics

$*$ Become confident in one’s own ability

Math 25 is not a methods course. The content is focused on that which is taught in the grades K-6 and, therefore, is not new mathematics to the Math 25 students. The purpose of this course is to present activities and topics in four mathematical representations:

$*$ Concrete

$*$ Pictorial

$*$ Symbolic

$*$ Verbal

Technology is an important tool in mathematics. A TI-15 calculator is required as well as a set of concrete manipulatives that are available at the University Bookstore.

Prerequisites for this course are either successful completion of Math 20 – College Algebra or successful completion of an algebra course within the past 12 months.