UMKC Department of Mathematics and Statistics Math 234 Mathematics for Teachers: Probability and Statistics

UMKC Department of Mathematics and Statistics

STAT 234 - Mathematics for Teachers:
Probability and Statistics
(3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisites:

Four units of high school mathematics, or
Math 130 (Mathematics for Teachers: Number Systems), and one of
Math 140 (Mathematics for Teachers: Elementary Geometry) or,
Math 224 (Mathematics for Teachers: Geometry).
Offered: Fall, Winter
Text: Current Mathematics Textbooks
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This course is new to UMKC starting Fall 2006, so its catalog description is included below.
This course is part of an expanded sequence of courses designed by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics to provide a substantial and appropriate mathematical education to prospective (or working) elementary-, middle-, and secondary school teachers, and is motivated by recent reports from both the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) and the MAA (Mathematical Association of America).
Description: Designed for elementary and middle school mathematics teachers. Foundational knowledge of probability and statistics, elements of statistics, organizing, displaying and describing data, probability, probability distributions, correlation, regression, prediction, estimation. Credit will only be given for ONE of Stat 234, Stat 235, or Stat 236.
Textbook: "Data Analysis and Probability Connections", by Debra Perkowski, Mathematics Dept. Westminster College, and Michael Perkowski, Learning Center, University of Missouri - Columbia to be published by Prentice Hall in 2006. This text is a product of the Connecting Middle School and College Mathematics NSF project, 2001-2004, to strengthen and improve the mathematics preparation of middle school mathematics teachers.

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Institute for Urban Education elementary- and middle-school teacher programs
School of Education elementary- and middle-school teacher programs

This course is prerequisite to the following courses:

None.

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