MATH 435 MATH STRUCTURES II

MATH 435-81 MATHEMATICS STRUCTURES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS II

Spring 2002

Office: S204A
Voicemail: 773-442-5758
Course Web Site: www.neiu.edu/~bhdayton/students/m435.html

On Campus Office hours
TR 9:00-9:50AM,
T 3:00 - 5:00, R 1:30 - 3:00^*

Email: B-Dayton@neiu.edu

Text: Billstein, Libeskind, Lott, A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, Seventh Edition, Addison Wesley Longman.

Course Purpose This is a continuation of Math Structures I emphasizing

Student Objectives/Outcomes The student will have an appreciation for the NCTM Standards Based approach to Mathematics teaching, will develop problem solving ability, will understand the logical basis of mathematics and will be able to communicate mathematics coherently using appropriate notation and representations.

Method of Instruction Lecture, discussion, classroom activities, group activities and an individual project.

Method of Evaluation Students will be evaluated on class assignments and activities, homework and a project. Regular class attendance is strongly recommended as late work will not be accepted. Specifically the final grade will be based on:

In class activities (Approximately 70 points) There will generally be a class activity to be turned in and graded each class session. There are NO makeups.
Homework (Approximately 70 points) Homework will assigned and graded for each class session. Late assignments will NOT be accepted, however assignments will be posted on the internet at my course site (if required the password/code is 43581) and will be accepted by mail or delivery to the instructor's office so it is not required that you be in class.
In class activities and homework will be graded on a 5 point scale. Papers which show extra effort or originality may receive scores in excess of 5 points. In addition, extra credit activities will be suggested for some assignments.
Tests There will be two tests, March 7 (30 points) and April 25 (40 points). The tests will be a combination of essay and objective, details will be given later.
Project (30 points) Students will be required to turn in a project. Details will be given separately, each project will require an individual investigation with a written report. This will become part of your permanent portfolio and will not be returned. The project will be due April 2.

Course grades will be given according to the following scale:

A	200 or more points
B	175 -- 199 points
C	150 -- 174 points
F	below 150 points

Note: This scale is designed with the expectation that each student will miss one day of class.

Tentative Schedule

Thursday	Jan 10	Front Cover Chapter 1	NCTM, ISBE Standards Problem Solving Review
Thursday	Jan 17	Sections 2-2, 2-5	Cartesian Product, Functions, operations and relations
Thursday	Jan 24	Section 4-6	Clock Arithmetic
Thursday	Jan 31	Section 3-1	Non-decimal numeration systems, the Abacus
Thursday	Feb 7	Sections 5-1 to 5-4	Fractions and Rational Numbers
Thursday	Feb 14	Sections 6-1 to 6-5	Decimals and Percents
Thursday	Feb 21	Section 6-5	Real and Complex Numbers
Thursday	Feb 28	Section 7-5	Permutations,Combinations and Counting
Thursday	Mar 7	Section 7-3	Simulation Test 1
Thursday	Mar 14	Section 8-2	Standard Deviation
Thursday	Mar 21	Section 11-4, 11-5	Volume, Surface Area
Thursday	Mar 28	No Class	Spring Break
Thursday	April 4	Section 10.1 to 10.4	Euclidean Geometry Project Due
Thursday	April 11	Section 12.1 to 12.3	Transformation Geometry
Thursday	April 18	Section 12-5	Tesselations
Thursday	April 25		Test 2

If class is unable to meet for any reason on one day then the sechedule will be pushed back one week and the course will end March 2. If more than one day is missed then then there will be some rescheduling.