MATH 123 - Math for Elementary School Teachers

3 credits

This course is designed for students in the Childhood Education curriculum. It investigates the practical context of the mathematics taught in elementary school and the reasoning behind its skills and methods. Topics include numbers and numeration, place value, arithmetic operations and algorithms, estimation, prime numbers and factoring, fractions, decimals, proportional thinking, and negative numbers. Emphasis is on problem- solving and communication in mathematics.

Class Hours: 3Prerequisites: MATH 093 OR appropriate score on placement test.