This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to pursue some subjects to greater depth such as, meaning of mathematics, history of mathematics education, problem solving in Mathematics, learning methods and theories in mathematics, teaching techniques and strategies in mathematics classrooms, testing and evaluation in mathematics.

The aim and basic principles of teaching mathematics,background for teaching mathematics (in theworldand in Turkey),teaching and learning strategies in mathematics education,extention of elementary school mathematics programme: purpose and characteristics; theories of teaching and learning mathematics, measurement and evaluation in mathematics classes; problem solving strategies, Early number concept, natural numbers, teaching four operations in natural numbers (addition, subtruction, multiplication and division).