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This document provides information about the course "Learning, Teaching and Applying Number and Algebra" taken at the University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development. The course aims to help student teachers develop confidence in fundamental concepts of number and algebra. It will also help students understand theories of learning mathematics and identify individual student characteristics. The course assessments include a midterm quiz worth 40% and a final exam worth 60%. Topics covered include numbers and numeration systems, operations on integers, rational and irrational numbers, sets, algebraic expressions, ratios, percentages, number bases, and functions.

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JHE114

This document provides information about the course "Learning, Teaching and Applying Number and Algebra" taken at the University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development. The course aims to help student teachers develop confidence in fundamental concepts of number and algebra. It will also help students understand theories of learning mathematics and identify individual student characteristics. The course assessments include a midterm quiz worth 40% and a final exam worth 60%. Topics covered include numbers and numeration systems, operations on integers, rational and irrational numbers, sets, algebraic expressions, ratios, percentages, number bases, and functions.

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AKENTEN APPIAH-MENKA

UNIVERSITY OF SKILLS TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT


SEMESTER 1, 2023/2024
Faculty of Education and Communication Sciences
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Course title: Learning, Teaching and Applying Number and Algebra


Course code: JHE 114

Course Description
Knowledge, skills and understanding of fundamental concepts of number and algebra, as well as, the
ability to identify one’s own individual characteristics (culture, ethnicity, religion, family constellation,
socio-economic background, dis/ability, etc.), can lead to a student teacher’s ability to apply
these two areas of mathematics in patterning, generalisation and algebraic reasoning in reminding
the student teachers of the role of deductive reasoning in developing mathematical ideas. Algebra
is about generalized mathematical thinking arising from seeing patterns and relationships. Strong
foundations in number and algebra can help student teachers to develop confidence in demonstrating
their mathematical abilities. For that reason, this course is designed to help student teachers to develop
demonstrable confidence to explain or justify their thinking, based on their observations, the patterns
they have observed, or what they know about numbers and algebraic relationships. As they do so, they
develop confidence in teaching related topics in Number and Algebra to their pupils at the respective
grade levels.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will have demonstrated an ability to apply knowledge of the
following:
Demonstrate deep understanding of working with key
i. mathematical concepts in the Number and Algebra content domains in the basic school
mathematics curriculum Demonstrate understanding of the theories that are applicable to
learning mathematics at the Early Grade
ii. Demonstrate awareness of core skills, individual characteristics and socio-cultural issues in
teaching and learning mathematics in the content domains
Mode of assessment
Quiz (Mid semester Exam) --------------- 40 %
End of semester exam -------------------- 60%

1. Numbers and Numeration system


 Development of Real number, up to Irrational.
 Misconceptions and barriers in teaching and learning number
2. Operations and properties on integers
 Operations of Integers Properties:
 Closure
 commutative
 associative
 distributive
 identity
 inverse properties
3. Operations and properties of rational and irrational numbers
 Naming of fractions.
 Operations on common fractions, decimals number, percentages and irrational
numbers.
 Properties of rational (including density property) and irrational numbers.
 Place values
 Decimal Places
 approximations;
 significant figures including rounding off numbers and standard form.
4. Concepts of sets
 Sets of numbers eg even and odd, multiples, etc
 Set representation
 Venn diagram (2 and 3 set problems)
5. Algebraic expressions and inequalities
 Simplification
 Expansion
 Factorization
 Solving linear equations and inequalities
 Word problems in linear equations and inequalities
6. Everyday and commercial arithmetic
 Ratios and proportions
 Rates
 Scales
 Percentages
 Taxation
 Discount
 Commissions
 VAT
7. Number bases and modular arithmetic
 Expressing numbers of different bases (2,5,5,10)
 Cyclic variable
 Concepts of modular arithmetic
 Addition and subtraction of modular arithmetic
 Multiplication in modular arithmetic
8. Relations and Functions and algebraic graphs
 Types of Mapping/Relation,
 functions; domain,
 co-domain,
 range,
 inverse,
 composition
 graphs.
REFENCES
Gordor, B. K., Naandam, S. M., &Nkansah, B. K. (2012). Core Mathematics for Senior High Schools.
Accra: Sam-Woode Ltd
Ministry of Education (2015). Core Mathematics Modules for SEIP. Accra: Ministry of Education

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