MATH 671 - College Algebra for Middle School Teachers

3 credits.
Algebra is a tool for working with data and modeling physical situations. This course is designed to provide additional mathematical background and expertise in Algebra I topics for teachers pursuing the algebra add-on endorsement for their teaching license. The primary topics to be covered will be algebraic expressions, exponents and exponential functions, direct and indirect variation, proportions, linear functions, graphing, systems of equations and inequalities, polynomials, factoring, quadratic functions and roots. Best practice teaching techniques will be modeled.

Prerequisite(s): None.