Catalog Description Fundamental and relevant mathematics for prospective elementary school teachers, including whole numbers and place value operations with whole numbers, number theory, fractions, ratio and proportion, decimals, and percents. For Pre-Early Childhood and Pre-Elementary Education majors only. Prerequisite: MATH 011 or satisfaction of R1 requirement. (Gen.Ed. R2)
Instructors: Jeff Beaulieu (Course Chair, 1435 LGRT,
545-6032, beaulieu@math.umass.edu, Off Hrs TBD and by appointment), Farshid Hajir
Office:
Lederle Graduate Research Tower 1118. Phone:
545-6015.
e-mail: hajir@math.umass.edu
web: http://www.math.umass.edu/~hajir
Text: O'Daffer et al, Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, second edition, Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc. New York, 2002.
Reading Assignments: Before each class, review textbook materials as indicated in the course syllabus below. It is a very good idea to try your hands at some problems before coming to class, as this will help you formulate questions you can raise in class. Suggested problems will be assigned by the individual instructor, but not collected. Quiz questions will often come directly from the list of suggested problems.
Exams: The midterm (covering Chapters 1,2, and 3) will take place in the evening (6-7:30) on Thursday, October 28, 2004 (tentative date) (the room will be determined later and announced in class). Do not miss the exam. Make-up exams will be given only in exceptional circumstances. The date and time for the final are to be determined.
Standards Project: A few weeks into the term, you will be assigned a specific topic from the NCTM Standards for teaching PreK-8. You will research and design a lesson plan related to the selected topic and prepare an oral as well as a written presentation of same. The presentations will take place near the end of the term. Follow this link for more details.
Course Schedule:
Week 1 (9/9): 1.1, 1.2
Week 2 (9/14,16): 1.3, 1.4
Week 3 (9/21,23): 2.1,2.2
Week 4 (9/28,30): 2.3, 2.4
Week 5 (10/5,7): 3.1, 3.2
Week 6 (10/12,19): 3.3, 3.4
Week 7 (10/19,21): Review, 4.1
Week 8 (10/26,28): 4.2, 5.1 [Midterm TH 10/28, 6-7:30]
Week 9 (11/2,4): 5.2, 6.1
Week 10 (11/9,11): 6.2, 6.3
Week 11 (11/16,18): 6.4, 7.1
Week 12 (11/22,23): 7.2, 7.3
Week 13 (11/30,12/2): Review, Presentations
Week 14 (12/7,9): Presentations
FINAL EXAM TBD.