This talk describes a mathematics course, designed by mathematicians, for prospective elementary teachers. I
will describe three unique features of the course: the extensive use of the Primary Mathematics books from
Singapore, the idea of a ``Teaching Sequence'', and the use of ``Teacher's Solutions'' in class and in homework.
The goal of the course and its two textbooks (by T. Parker and S. Baldridge) is to present the mathematics
clearly while keeping the focus directly on the material that elementary school teachers address, grade by
grade, in their classrooms.
This approach overcomes many of the practical challenges that university mathematics departments face in
teaching such courses.

Lecture #13475

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