MATH 152 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II3 Credit: (3 lecture, 1 lab, 0 clinical) 4 Contact Hours: [MATH 151 ]
This second course in a two-course sequence provides some of the necessary background to teach mathematics in the elementary school, including such subjects as problem solving and logic, real numbers, probability, statistics, plane and solid geometry, transformational geometry and computer applications.
OFFERED: odd-year spring semesters
Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Geometric Terminology
- Investigate basic concepts
- Investigate properties of lines
- Investigate properties of planes
- Investigate properties of space
- Investigate properties of angles
- Investigate properties of angle measurement
- Investigate properties of simple closed curves
Goal 2: Investigate Quadrilaterals
- Investigate parallelograms
- Investigate rectangles
- Investigate trapezoids
- Investigate kites
- Investigate squares
Goal 3: Investigate Triangles
- Investigate sides angles
- Congruence properties
Goal 4: Investigate Circles
- Properties
- Inscribed 4
- Circumscribed
- Angles
- Tangents
- Secants
Goal 5: 3-D Geometry
- Simple closed surfaces
- Areas
- Volumes
Goal 6: Transform Geometry
- Reflections
- Translations
- Notations
- Congruence
- Similarity
Goal 7: Software
- Logo
- Geometer’s Sketchpad
Goal 8: Probability
- Probability, experimental, theoretical
- Randomness
- Independent, mutually exclusive, complementary events
- Properties of probability
- Multistage events
- Simulations
Goal 9: Statistics
- Mean, median, mode
- Stem ad leaf plots, line plots, histograms, bar graphs, line graphs, box -ad-whisker plots, circle graphs
- Frequency tables
- Abuses of statistics
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