This course is designed for the K-6 teacher. Process and content are emphasized. Teaching strategies, techniques, and learning activities for the K-6 mathematics content are discussed. Students will demonstrate teaching techniques. Divisibility, primes, congruences, Diophantine equations, arithmetic functions, Fibonacci numbers.
Course is calculus based.
Emphasis on teaching students to express themselves mathematically and, in particular, to write mathematical proofs. An area of study of interest to the student and usually taught on a one on one basis between a faculty member and the student. SH A study of selected topics.