Math 197 - Geometry for Elementary Teaching
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General Information (Catalog listing)
01:640:197. Selected Topics in Mathematics for Education Topics covered vary. Details available at registration. Prerequisite: 01:640:026 or 027 or appropriate performance on the placement test in mathematics, and permission of the department. For students interested in a career in K-12 teaching. May not be used as an elective for the math major or minor. May be repeated for credit, with permission of the department.
Since Fall 2007, the course taught under this number has been Geometry for Elementary Teaching.
We offer two other courses directed specifically at students interested in a career in K-12 teaching: a course in Number Systems, Math 107, offered in the Fall term, and a course in Problem Solving and Reasoning with Discrete Mathematics now running under the number 198, though it has run in the past under the number 197.
Textbook and Syllabus
Content may vary, see individual pages if available or contact the instructor.
Current textbook:
Sybilla Beckmann;
Mathematics for Elementary
Teachers plus Activities Manual (second edition)
Addison-Wesley
(package),
2008 (912 pp.);
(ISBN: 0-321-44717-4; ISBN13: 9780321447173)
Fall 2009 Schedule
| Instructor | Type | Index | Section | Day(s)/ Period |
Time | Room (click for map) |
Campus | |
| Woodward, Chris | L | 29996 | T1 | MW4 | 2:15 PM - 3:35 PM | WAL-210 | C/D |
Taught in the Fall
Next taught Fall 2009.
Archives
Previous semesters:
- Fall 2008. Prof. Amy Cohen.
- Fall 2007. Prof. Amy Cohen
Also taught once under this number:
- Spring 2007:—Problem-Solving and Reasoning with Discrete Mathematics
- Prof. Joe Rosenstein
- Given as Math 197 in Spring 2007: this Problem-Solving course has been offered as Math 198 since Spring 2008.
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