MATH 1410 Number Concepts for Teachers

3 (3 lecture hours) Credit Hour(s)

This course is designed primarily for Elementary Education majors. The topics include strategies for problem solving, logic, sets, understanding the real number system, reasoning quantitatively, seeing the structure in expressions, functions, and reasoning with equations and inequalities. Students who do not meet the course prerequisites must also register for the support course, MATH 0410.

General Education Learning Outcomes (TBR Approved)

Apply mathematical principles or basic statistical reasoning to solve conceptual or applied problems and determine if solutions are reasonable.
Communicate mathematical concepts usingâ€¯appropriate terminology and symbolic language.
Analyze the behavior of, and solve, real-world problems relating mathematics to other disciplines.
Use appropriate technology to analyze data and graphs, as well as model real-world behavior.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Apply Polya’s four-step problem-solving process to material throughout the course.
Demonstrate competency with logic and set operations.
Use place-value notation to develop and perform operations on whole numbers.
Develop other number systems from the whole numbers and operate on them.
Convert between the forms of rational numbers; distinguish and identify irrational numbers.
Explain when, how, and why to use the different elements of the course.

Prerequisite(s): MATH ACT score of 19 or above OR equivalent.
Corequisite(s): MATH 0410