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Concerns about the training of Future High School Math Teachers

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Vol: 
6
Num: 
1
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Authors: 
Richard O Hill
Abstract: 
It is the job of University research mathematics departments, not only to promote research but also to train undergraduate and graduate mathematics students. In the United States they also have a role to help train future high school mathematics teachers. The author outlines some topics which would benefit from a better emphasis and/or links to school math, while being taught/studied at University. Areas covered include: complex analysis; lines and planes in 3-space; linear algebra; abstract algebra; trigonometry; functions; graphs; theory...The question is how should academics participate in future maths teachers...
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6130concernstraining.pdf
Keywords: 
future math teacher training, math research academic involvement in teacher training, links to schoo