PD 651G - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School

The purpose of this course is to help current teachers discover how elementary children think about and learn mathematics. The overall objective of teaching mathematics should be to help each child to understand mathematical concepts, enabling them to become mathematically literate. Organization and implementation of a modern elementary school mathematics program and a field experience involving your elementary school is a required assignment of the course. The primary goal of this course is to develop the ability to design and implement mathematics instruction that is both mathematically significant and reflective.

Credits: 3