P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement Courses

Summer Session

T&L 7711
K-6 Number and Algebra
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 2 credits, G
Students will understand concepts such as number, number sense, variable, and equality through an opportunity to learn at a deeper level and to examine instructional strategies to help children.

Autumn Semester

T&L 7712
K-6 Measurement and Geometry
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 2 credits, G, ONLINE
Students will understand concepts such as spatial sense, units of measure, and work with two- and three-dimensional objects through an opportunity to learn at a deeper level and to examine instructional strategies to help children.

Spring Semester

T&L 7713
K-6 Data Analysis and Probability
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 2 credits, G, ONLINE
Students will understand concepts such as chance and possible outcomes and predicting events as likely or unlikely, and testing predictions, and representational skills to depict and analyze data sets.

Courses offered by special request. Contact Dr. Terri Bucci (bucci.5@osu.edu).

T&L 7701
Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 3 credits, G
Provides elementary or middle school teachers with skills and knowledge that will strengthen their teaching of mathematical content knowledge and process skills.

T&L 7705
Cognition and Socio-Cultural Issues in School Mathematics
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 2 credits, G
To be successful educators, participants need to have knowledge of child development, child psychology, and influences on student learning such as cultural diversity, limited English proficiency, gender, and physical challenges.
Prereq: T&L 7701

T&L 7719 (permission only)
Providing Professional Development in Mathematics Education
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 2 credits, G
Requires teachers to develop a professional development program that will provide them the opportunity to implement and reflect upon this development as a final assessment of their endorsement.

T&L 6052 (permission only)
Classroom-Based Inquiry
P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement, 3 credits, G
Focuses on the history and evolving status of classroom-based inquiry and teacher action research. Students will develop a proposal for a classroom-based inquiry project, and will practice collecting and analyzing data and summarizing findings.