Winter Quarter, 2011
Instructor: Sergei Chmutov
Classes: Monday, Wedsday, Friday 10:40--12:00
at BF-239.
Carmen: https://carmen.osu.edu
TEXTS: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers (3rd edition) and Activities Manual, by Sybilla Beckmann (These are packaged together. The ISBN for the package is: 0321654277).
Course Description and Expectations:
This course is the third in a sequence of courses (Math 105, 106 and 107)
with the goal of preparing you to teach. The goal is not only to prepare
you to explain new mathematical content (Number Theory, Algebra,
Sequences and Series, Functions, Counting, and Probability, Number Theory),
but to help you
further develop your abilities to speak and write clearly about
mathematics.
As you begin teaching, you will discover (as we all do) deficiencies in
your own understanding that will require learning on your own. A goal of
this course is to help you learn how to learn. As an added benefit, your
experiences in this course may help you begin to reflect on how people
learn mathematics.
Attendance and participation is critical to your success
in this class. Each class will consist of doing an activity in a small
group and discussing it with the whole class. You are expected to
participate actively in all phases, so please bring the Activities
Manual to each class. Explaining your thinking verbally
in small and large groups will prepare you to explain mathematics with
your students. It will also help you clarify your own ideas and/or
questions.
Reading is crucial because we do not teach using the traditional
lecture format. Reading assignments are designed to provide the explanation
and summary of material that are not provided in class. You are expected to
complete all reading assignments. You will find the Practice Problems
and their solutions particularly helpful.
Homework: There will be daily assignments. Your solutions will not be collected. I encourage you to work with your classmates on the assignments.
Tests and quizzes:
Every Friday will be a test or a quiz. On quiz you may use any material
in you own handwriting, including class notes and assignment solutions.
There will be two midterms and one final exams. You may use your
calculator. You may not use your text, notes, or solutions to assignments.
Except for extraordinary reasons, you must take the examinations at the
scheduled times.
TENTATIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
MIDTERM I | Friday, January 28. | MIDTERM II | Friday, February 18. |
FINAL EXAM | Monday, March 14, 6:00-7:48 pm |
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: Each quiz will be graded out of 50 points. The lowest grade will be dropped and the average of the remaining quiz scores will be the total quiz grade.
Quizzes | 50 | Midterms | 2x100 | Final exam | 150 | TOTAL | 400 |
GRADING SCALE (Percent):
A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D |
90 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 63 | 60 |