MAE 2510 - Math for Elementary Teachers

Institution:

Jamestown Community College

Subject:

Math for Educators

Description:

Students will develop the skills necessary to effectively teach mathematics at the elementary school level. Topics of study will include problem solving, operations in the base-ten whole number system (as well as other bases), operations with fractions, operations with integers, operations with decimals and percents, relations and functions, operations with integers, estimation, number theory, and ratios and proportions. While there will be review of the basic mathematics used at the elementary school level, the emphasis of this course will be for students to understand why those mathematical procedures work and how to explain them to elementary students using a variety of concrete methods. Prerequisites: ENG 1510 and fulfillment of the math requirement in the student's degree program, and sophomore standing. Campus and term: J fall

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sunyjcc.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 338-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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