ELCL 6080 Math Content Elementary Entary Teachers

This course will serve as an elective option for TCM students who need to develop more in-depth knowledge of elementary mathematics content. It focuses on the content knowledge elementary teachers need to know in order to be more effective teachers of mathematics at the K-5 level. It incorporates the most current principles and standards for school mathematics as outlined by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), New Jersey state standards, as well as and national curriculum content standards. The course is designed to engage teachers in understanding the deeper principles underlying elementary mathematics and increase competence in doing and teaching elementary mathematics in order to enable them to become mathematics leaders in their own schools. Among the topics covered are the numeration system, the development of real numbers, integers, decimals and percentages, fractions, proportion and ratios, logic, probability and statistics, and applied problem solving.
Credits: 3.0