TARGET AUDIENCE: K-3 teachers
MATH 800P: Number and Operation for K-3 Specialists (Class # 11408, Sec # 691), July 15-19, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Now is your chance to participate in the first course of the highly successful Primarily Math program! This course will strengthen teachers' conceptual knowledge of number and operation in the K-3 mathematics curriculum. The course connects the intuitive mathematical understandings that children bring to school and links them to an understanding of place value in the K-3 curriculum. The significance of base 10 in our place value system, along with its role in arithmetic operations and their properties, is a major emphasis of the course. Selected cases and student work samples serve as the primary vehicles through which teachers study connections between the mathematical content and student learning and development in the primary classroom. Topics addressed in the course are aligned with NCTM Standards and the NCTM Focal Points. The course offers a foundation for developing "habits of mind of a mathematical thinker," particularly as they relate to problem solving, reasoning, and writing mathematical explanations.
If you missed your chance to participate in one of the past cohorts of Primarily Math, here is your opportunity to experience the first course of that program.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/nmssi