UMKC Department of Mathematics and Statistics Math 244 Mathematics for Teachers: Calculus

UMKC Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 244 - Mathematics for Teachers:
Calculus
(3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisites: (The same as for Math 210 - Calculus I)

Four units of high school mathematics including trigonometry, or
Math 120 (Precalculus) [highly recommended], or
Math 110 (College Algebra) and Math 125 (Trigonometry).
Offered: Fall, Winter as needed.
Text: Current Mathematics Textbooks
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Beyond the Catalog: Notes or Advice

This course is new to UMKC after 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 middle-school mathematics teachers, focusing on concepts and applications with a discovery and inquiry approach. Elementary calculus beginning with sequences and series, proceeding to functions, limits, and continuity, with differentiation and integration and their applications.
Textbook: "Calculus Connections", by Asma Harcharras and Dorina Mitrea, Mathematics Dept. University of Missouri - Columbia, 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 middle-school teacher programs
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