MTH 100 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I

Credits: 3

This course is designed to acquaint students with the current mandated mathematics standards being taught in the elementary classroom. In addition to ensuring mastery of math content by these future teachers, this course also emphasizes a variety of teaching strategies, along with differentiated instruction and enjoyable activities to equip these students with successful teaching methods. Topics include: numbers and the decimal system, fractions, percent, operations, number theory, problem solving and basic algebra. The benefits of using technology are also stressed. This course meets general education requirements in mathematics for AA for Education Transfer Degree.

Theory: 3
Prerequisites: Appropriate score on college placement test (COM PASS/Accuplacer) or MTH 095 - Introductory Algebra with a minimum grade of “C”.