Improving the Preparation of Middle Grades Mathematics Teachers: The Case of East Carolina University.

This paper describes the mathematics concentration program at East Carolina University (ECU) that is taken by preservice middle grades teachers intending to teach mathematics. Following a brief examination of the forces that impacted the formation of this mathematics concentration, this paper describes the program and highlights five courses from a development perspective. The five courses are: Algebraic Concepts and Relationships, Data Analysis and Probability, Pre-Calculus Concepts and Relationships, Discrete Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics via Modeling. (Author) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.