MTH 127 — Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I
This course develops understanding of the mathematical content of number and operations at the deep level required for successful elementary school teaching in ways that are meaningful to pre-service elementary teachers. Topics include: place value and arithmetic models; mental math; algorithms; prealgebra; factors and prime numbers; fractions and decimals; ratio; percentage and rates; integers; and elementary number theory. Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra Competency. Three lecture hours per week. Gen. Ed. Competencies Met: Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.