COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: MATH 3241 Mathematics for Early Childhood Teachers I

CREDIT HOURS: 3

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A study of the real number system with an emphasis on rational numbers. Topics include multiple representations of numbers, relationships between numbers, properties, operations, estimation, and flexible and varied approaches to problem solving. (This course will not count toward a major or minor in mathematics.)

PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to Teacher Education and permission of instructor.

SUGGESTED TEXT(S):
Bassarear, T. (2008). Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers (4th ed.). Houghton Mifflin: Boston, MA.
Freitag, M. (In Progress). Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: a Process Approach. Chapters 1 - 7. Copyright Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.

COURSE OUTLINE:

  • Problem solving
  • Problem solving
  • Review of place value and operations with whole numbers
  • Review of the meaning of fractions and operations with fractions
  • Decimals and operations with decimals
  • Percents, ratio, and proportion
  • Patterns, functions and solving equations