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Home > Professional Development > Mathematics Content Courses > Patterns, Functions and Algebraic Reasoning Course		Mathematics Matters - Host MEC Content Courses “MEC’s work with administrators, parents, and the community has been extraordinary. Without all groups on board, my efforts as a teacher would fall flat. With MEC’s help my principal, superintendent and parents are ready to bring about positive change in mathematics education. It is exiting to be a teacher leader in the field of mathematics!” - 4th Grade Teacher “MEC courses have made me excited about mathematics and sharing strategies and methods with my students. Students’ understanding of the fifth grade curriculum is rapidly increasing!” - 5th Grade Teacher “My involvement in MEC has given me the opportunity to spend time investigating and constructing deeper understanding of Big Ideas in mathematics.” - Elementary Teacher “My classroom practice has improved so much since I began working with MEC. My students are truly engaged with math as I’ve learned to differentiate for all the learners in my classroom. The quality of their work, and their ability to handle work with levels of increasing complexity is unlike anything I have seen in my previous years of teaching.” - 1st Grade Teacher
Community Engagement Sessions Mathematics Content Courses Patterns I: Foundations for Algebraic Reasoning Patterns II: Foundations for Algebraic Reasoning Numerical Reasoning Geometry & Proportional Reasoning Probability: A Study of Chance Extending Algebraic Reasoning Reasoning About Data Numerical Reasoning Workshops Leadership Capacity Supporting School Mathematics Leadership Higher Ed-MEC Partnerships Course Schedule	Document Actions $Email this page$ $Print this page$ Patterns, Functions and Algebraic Reasoning Course Content Topics: growth patterns variables and constants linear, quadratic, cubic and exponential equations generating functions from models, tables and graphs creating and analyzing tables, graphs, models and algebraic functions solving equations computing with integers coordinate graphing number theory (n-gonal numbers, place values, primes, composites, multiplication patterns, powers of 2, properties of numbers generating and analyzing Pascal’s Triangle collecting, organizing and analyzing data inductive and deductive reasoning mathematically-convincing arguments (leading to mathematical proofs) algebraic analysis of one-, two-, and three-dimensional figures one-, two-, and three-dimensional growth patterns and relationships.