MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION II (3). Pr., MATH2850. Mathematical insights for elementary school teachers. Probability, Informal Geometry, Measurement.

Open for credit only for elementary education majors except by special permission of the mathematics department.

To present to the elementary education student the mathematical background necessary for an understanding of the mathematical principles that are introduced to children in the elementary grades. Emphasis on the elements of probability, informal geometry and mesurement.

Empirical Probabilities, Principles of Counting, Theoretical Probability.

Basic concepts and axioms, Geometrical intuition and spatial sense, Figures, Curves and Polygons in the Plane, Tiling with Polygons , Three dimensional geometry, Geometric Proofs, Congruence, Geometric constructions, Similar Triangles .

The Measurement Process, Length, Area, and Perimeter , The Pythagorean Theorem .