Mathematics Education

        The Mathematics Education Program for elementary and middle school teachers emphasizes teachers and students doing mathematics and building conceptual understanding by solving problems, reasoning mathematically, communicating mathematical ideas, and making connections among ideas and to real-world situations.  Mathematics is the study of patterns and relationships in broad domains of thinking-number, geometry, measurement, data and chance.  The program and its courses are designed to help elementary and middle school teachers develop both their own mathematical knowledge and ways to help their own students learn mathematics with a deep understanding of its patterns and relationships.

        This sequence fits within the existing master's degree programs for the Master of Education and the Master of Science in Education; it may be taken beyond the master's degree by the student who wishes to add this specialty to his/her master's degree by completing the Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.).

Core Course Requirements
M.Ed.(10) M.S.Ed.(14) C.A.S.(3)

Program Requirements
(Grades 5-8) M.Ed.(18) M.S.Ed.(18)C.A.S.(18)


MHE502   Teaching Patterns and Algebraic Thinking   3
MHE503   Issues and Directions in Mathematics Curriculum, Learning and Instruction   3
MHE510   Topics in Mathematics for Teachers: Geometry   3
MHE511   Topics in Mathematics for Teachers:  Number Theory    3
MHE512   Topics in Mathematics for Teachers: Statistics and Probability   3
MHE593   Seminar in Mathematics Education   3

Electives M.Ed.(6) M.S.Ed.(6) C.A.S.(9)

Total Minimum Hours M.Ed.(34) M.S.Ed.(38) C.A.S.(30)