MATH 1050 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers - Fond Du Lac ...

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
COURSE OUTLINE
I. Catalog Information
A. Title of Course: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
B. Course Designator: MATH 1050
C. Number of Credits: Lecture 4 Lab D. Control Number: 35
E. Catalog/Course description:
A mathematical survey course designed for elementary education majors and liberal arts
students. Topics include set theory, properties and operations using the real numbers,
numeration systems, calculations in bases other than ten, prime numbers, divisibility, theory of
equations, applications of equations, algebra, geometry, graph theory, consumer application
problems, and statistics.
F. Course prerequisites: G. Date Approved:
MATH 1010 College Algebra OR placement Date Revised: 05/15/03, 11/16/07, 12/04/09
by Accuplacer OR permission of instructor
II. Course Materials (Recommended course materials and resources. List all that apply, e.g.
textbooks, workbooks, study guides, lab manuals, videos, guest lecturers)
1) Textbook: One suitable textbook is Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary
Approach, 5th Ed. Musser & Burger 1997 Prentice Hall.
2) calculator
3) loose leaf binder
III. Learning Goals, Outcomes, and Assessment Minimum of one goal and two learning
outcomes in each competency. If your course does not meet one of the Competencies Across
the Curriculum, please justify your rationale. Minimum of two assessment measures for
each learning outcome. Add other goals and outcomes as needed. If this course is part of the
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC), attach the MnTC goals, outcomes, and your
assessment measures to this form; if possible, use them to complete the information below.
A. Information Literacy (the ability to use print and/or non-print tools effectively for the
discovery, acquisition, and evaluation of information as well as core computer tools for the
manipulation and presentation of information.)
1. Learning Goals:
Goal 1: Develop expertise using a scientific calculator in solution of problems with real
numbers.
2. Learning Outcomes and Assessments:
Outcome a. Be able to calculate statistical results from raw data.
Assessment: Complete homework problems asking for descriptive statistics of data.
Assessment: Answer exam questions involving basic probabilities and counting.
Outcome b. Be able to calculate using the order of operations.
Assessment: Complete homework problems with decimals and fractions.

Assessment: Answer exam problems calculating with explicit and implied
parenthesis.
B. Ability to Communicate (the ability to listen, read, comprehend, and/or deliver information in
a variety of formats.)
Communication as a general goal is not addressed directly in mathematics courses.
C. Problem Solving (the ability to conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and/or evaluate
information to formulate and solve problems.)
1. Learning Goals:
Goal 1: Solve applied problems by analytic and geometric methods.
2. Learning Outcomes and Assessments:
Outcome a. Be able to solve applied problems with graphical analysis.
Assessment: Solve homework exercises involving drawing of geometric figures
Assessment: Answer exam problems with descriptive graphs.
Outcome b. Be able to translate word problems into equations for technical solution.
Assessment: Complete homework problems using algebraic equations.
Assessment: Answer exam problems requiring simple inequalities in applications.
D. Culture (knowledge of Anishinaabe traditions and culture, knowledge of one’s own traditions
and culture, knowledge of others’ traditions and cultures, and/or respect for global diversity.)
Culture is not directly addressed in mathematics courses.
Documentation for MnTC - None
IV. Course Content (Outline the major topics covered in this course.)
1. Problem solving
2. Set Theory
3. Whole numbers: Operations & Properties
4. Number Theory
5. Computation: Mind, Paper, Calculator
6. Fractions: Operations & Properties
7. Decimals: Operations & Properties
8. Percents: Applications
9. Integers: Operations & Properties
10. Probability
11. Statistics
12. Measurement
13. Geometric Shapes & Properties
(revised October 2009)