0 or 2 credits
Fall 2026 Lecture Upper Division
This course focuses on teaching mathematics in the elementary school, grades K-2, and encouraging children as mathematical thinkers. Students experience planning, teaching, and learning from teaching that centers children's mathematical ideas, beliefs, and experiences as primary resources. This course emphasizes eliciting, interpreting, and responding to children's mathematical thinking.
Learning Outcomes1Gain skill in eliciting, assessing, and responding to the needs of K-2 learners in mathematics.
2Identify, practice, and reflect on strategies of teaching mathematics to support K-2 students' conceptual and procedural knowledge.
3Analyze mathematics books and tasks for language demands, conceptual and procedural knowledge, and cross-curricular connections.
4Reflect on the role of K-2 teachers and children's knowledge and experiences in relation to their learning of mathematics.
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