May 24, 2025  
2024-2025 University Catalog 
    

ME 253 - The Power of the Line: Algebra and Functions


Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a requirement for Middle and Secondary School teaching of Mathematics.

Fulfills a requirement for the Minor in Mathematics Education.

Fulfills a course requirement in the  General Education Area Quantative and Mathematical Reasoning.
Delivery: Lecture
The course focuses on developing and enriching preservice mathematics teachers’ toolkit of algebra, patterns and functions outlined in the Common Core Math Standards for students in grades 5 through 12.  It enhances and deepens participants’ mathematics content and pedagogical content knowledge in fundamental algebraic ideas and creates multiple paths of integrating those ideas in the school curriculum.

Fulfills a Rhode Island Department of Education requirement for Middle and High School Certification in Teaching Mathematics.

3 credits
Fall and Spring



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