MATHEMATICS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( MATH 341 , 375 , or 421 ) and ( MATH 461 or concurrent enrollment) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Natural Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the conceptual difficulties, fundamental ideas, and techniques of secondary school mathematics. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe connections between advanced mathematics and the content typically found in middle and high school mathematics curriculum. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recall and state alternate definitions, extensions, and constructions of content typically found in middle and high school mathematics curriculum. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate symbolic and computational proficiency. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Justify mathematical reasoning as a means to deepen understanding. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze multiple solution strategies from a mathematical perspective (e.g. understanding different approaches to solving a problem, assessing whether a strategy generalizes, making connections between strategies, examining student strategies when appropriate etc.). Audience: Undergraduate 7. Explain mathematics to others and assess the mathematical understanding of others. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the conceptual difficulties, fundamental ideas, and techniques of secondary school mathematics. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe connections between advanced mathematics and the content typically found in middle and high school mathematics curriculum. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recall and state alternate definitions, extensions, and constructions of content typically found in middle and high school mathematics curriculum. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate symbolic and computational proficiency. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Justify mathematical reasoning as a means to deepen understanding. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze multiple solution strategies from a mathematical perspective (e.g. understanding different approaches to solving a problem, assessing whether a strategy generalizes, making connections between strategies, examining student strategies when appropriate etc.). Audience: Undergraduate 7. Explain mathematics to others and assess the mathematical understanding of others. Audience: Undergraduate