Faculty Syllabus

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(All tests count equally.  Test average counts 50% of final course grade.)

Text Homework: Assigned for every section.  Text problems are graded on a 2 point scale.  Text Homework average counts 8% of final course grade.

Online Homework: Assigned in Enhanced WebAssign for every section.  Online Homework average counts 7% of final course grade.

Explorations/Activities: Assigned for every section.  Each section has a set of questions over that section's activities that you will turn in.  The Activity Question average counts 10% of final course grade.

Participation/Reading Guides: Counts 5% of final course grade.  Attendance and participation will be recorded every class day, and on days that Reading Guides are due, they will be checked in class for completion, and the amount completed will be the attendance grade for that day..

2 Projects: Assigned throughout the semester.  The project average counts 20% of final course grade.

Required Texts:  This is a FirstDay Access course, and you have paid for access to the eText and online homework platform in WebAssign in your course fees.  You will access the eText and online homework through Blackboard.

Required Texts Available online in EWA – this information is if you wish to purchase a hard copy from the ACC Bookstore or used):    Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, 7th ed., Bassarear & Moss, Cengage Learning, Inc. Optional Purchase: ISBN (Bound paperback): 978-1-337-62996-6, or ISBN (Loose-leaf): 978-0-357-04387-5  Explorations Manual (available online in your EWA account)

This course is taught through investigations of mathematical ideas through explorations in a supportive, cooperative learning environment. Much of what you learn will evolve from in-class explorations, experiences and discussions. This is a very intensive and demanding course. You need to use your class time effectively. You will have to spend time outside of class reading, thinking, problem solving, and writing. A college mathematics course typically requires to three hours of study outside of class for every one hour spent in class. Using this guideline, you should schedule three to five hours per class period for studying outside of class. 

Course Description:
MATH 1351 MATHEMATICS FOR MIDDLE GRADE TEACHER CERTIFICATION II (3-3-0).Concepts of geometry, probability, and statistics, as well as applications of the algebraic properties of real number to concepts of measurement with an emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking.

I reserve the right to adjust this schedule as necessary.  Any changes and exact due dates will be announced in class and in Bb.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Students who successfully complete the Math for Middle School Teacher Certification II course will be able to:

1)   Organize and display data in a variety of formats (e.g., tables, frequency distributions, stem and leaf plots, box and whisker plots, histograms, pie charts, line graphs) and explain in writing which types of charts are most appropriate in a given situation.

2)   Apply concepts of shape, center, spread, and skewness to describe a data distribution.

3)   Apply knowledge of counting techniques such as permutations and combinations to quantify and solve problems.

4)   Calculate and interpret percentiles and quartiles.

5)   Define and explain the basic terms of geometry point, line, plane, angle, polygon

6)   Identify and define the classifications of angles, triangles and quadrilaterals

7)   Compare and contrast the concepts of perimeter, area, surface area, and volume, and compute them for given shapes and figures

8)   Classify and define three dimensional figures such as prisms, pyramids, cylinders and spheres.

9) Perform  transformations of shapes through slides, rotations, reflections, and contractions, and identify what transformation or composition of transformations has produced a given image.

The Learning Objectives of MATH 1351 are to:

a) increase students' explicit understanding (a level of understanding which allows one to clearly and accurately communicate mathematical ideas) of some elementary mathematics;

b) increase students' ability to independently increase their own understanding of mathematics (they need to be able to learn math and be confident that they understand it since we can't get to everything they will need to teach elementary students);

c) challenge students' beliefs about mathematics and, hopefully, change their attitudes in a positive way;

d) provide students with an opportunity to experience mathematics in way they will be expected to teach it (for further information on that see NCTM's Professional Standards);

e) introduce, through use rather than demonstration, common manipulatives;

f) begin to develop effective communication skills that will be useful to the student when they begin teaching.

MATH 1351 covers the following topics:

• Basic probability
• Data collection and display
• Descriptive statistics
• Geometric concepts including transformations
• Measurement