PED 113 Mathematics in Primary Education Study I is a two – credit unit course designed for students studying Primary Education Studies in colleges of Education. The course consists of Counting and place value and strategies for teaching place value, Basic operation – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using different strategies, Fractions and decimal numbers, Prime numbers (LCM and HCF), Ratio and percentages, Depreciation and discount, Profit and loss and Elementary set theory.
The course aims to introduce students to the Fundamentals Basic of Mathematics. It is intended that the course should contribute to the personal development of the students. The overall aims of the course include to:
i. To encourage logical, abstract and precise thinking in you;
ii. Develop in you the ability to think deductively;
iii. Instill in you the ability to be accurate to a degree relevant to the problems at hand;
iv. Promote in you the understanding of mathematical concepts and their relationship to
the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills for everyday living in the global world;
v. Stimulate in you the habit of effective and reflective thinking
