MHE502 Topics in Mathematics for Teachers: Algebra

This course is designed to strengthen teachers' conceptual understanding of important ideas of algebra and to examine how they are best taught and learned. A problem-solving emphasis is used to study algebra from four perspectives (language and representation, functions, modeling, and structure) and its applications in various contexts and branches of mathematics (number, geometry, measurement, data, and chance). This course will examine the use of technology in building understanding of algebraic concepts. Prerequisites: Intermediate Algebra. Students are expected to bring a graphing calculator. 3 semester hours