LRSC 594 – Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning
This course is only open to an approved group. To see if you qualify for enrollment, please contact Kathleen Pitvorec by e-mail at kaptivor@uic.edu.
Note: If you are a regularly admitted UIC student and wish to enroll in this course, you must enroll in the campus section of the course by using Student Self-Service.
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LRSC 594 – Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning
College/Department: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences – Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
Program: Elementary Mathematics Specialists Program
Dates: 1/13/25-5/2/25
Credits: 4 graduate semester credit hours
Tuition/Fees: $530 per semester credit hour tuition.
Comments: This program has been approved by the Illinois State Board of Education to meet the requirements for the new Elementary Mathematics Specialist Endorsement.
The program includes five courses that will run sequentially (Fall 2023 through Spring 2025 including the summer semester). We ask applicants to anticipate being a part of a cohort planning to enroll in all five courses. At least two courses from this sequence are eligible to be applied as credits towards a Master’s degree at University of Illinois should you later decide to apply to a related Master’s degree-granting program.
Description: The second course in the Elementary Math Specialists sequence focuses on developing teachers’ conceptual understanding of rational numbers, making connections to earlier work with whole numbers and moving into working with multiplicative reasoning connecting work with fractions to ratio and proportional reasoning concepts.
Prerequisites: A Professional Educator’s License (PEL) and teaching experience equivalent to one full academic year. Program approval is required to enroll. Please contact the Kathleen at kapitvor@uic.edu
Textbook: For textbook information contact the instructor at mjtav@uic.edu
Audit Option: No
Instructor(s): Mary Jo Tavormina
Location: This course meets online and at the Learning Sciences Research Institute
Schedule: This course meets online Wednesdays 5pm-8pm. One face to face meeting January 11 from 9am-3pm
Enrollment Deadline: Two weeks prior to the first class
Note: The course is subject to cancellation if minimum enrollment is not met.