MATH 183 - Mathematics for Teacher Education II

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course is designed for students in teacher education. It provides students with conceptual knowledge of statistics, probability, geometry, and measurement. Completion of both MATH 182 and 183 with a grade of B or higher satisfies the Pennsylvania Department of Education Basic Skills test requirement for Mathematics for pre-service teaching candidates.

Prerequisite Completion of MATH 100 or appropriate score on placement test.

Text
Bennett, Jr., A. B., Burton, L. J., & Nelson, L.T. (2016). Mathematics for elementary teachers a conceptual approach (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Objectives
The student will be able to:

A. Describe, collect, graph, and analyze data.

B. Make predictions and hypotheses and test conjectures.

C. Perform single-stage and multistage experiments to determine probability.

D. Sketch, classify, and identify geometric figures.

E. Choose appropriate units of measurement and measure objects.

F. Utilize formulas for measurement.

G. Construct geometric figures with compass and straight edge.

H. Create geometric transformations.

Content
A. Introductory Descriptive and Inferential Statistics.

B. Fundamental Probability Theory.

C. Geometry and Spatial Sense.

D. Measurement.

Student Evaluation
The objectives will be evaluated as follows:

A. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

B. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

C. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

D. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

E. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

F. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

G. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

H. Comprehensive departmental final exam, quizzes, assignments

Bibliography
Boaler, J. (2009). What’s math got to do with it? helping children learn to love their most hated subject-and why it’s important for America. New York, NY: Viking.

Boaler, J., & Dweck, C. (2016). Mathematical mindsets: unleashing students’ potential through creative math, inspiring messages and innovative teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Polya, G. (2004).  How to solve it: a new aspect of mathematical method. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.