MA 4910 Fall 2009 [4 Credits]

Syllabus

Mathematical for Elementary School Teachers: A Contemporary Approach (6th Ed.) by Gary L. Musser, William F. Burger, and Blake E. Peterson, John Wiley & Sons; New York, 2003. You are expected to read each section of the textbook before doing the homework. Chapters 10-14.

TOPIC	ACTIVITIES	READ THE SECTION BEFORE COMPLETING THE HOMEWORK
Statistics Sep.21-Oct.2	1. Graphing Data 2. Notes 3. Analyzing Data Part 1 4. Analyzing Data Part 2 5. Misleading Data	10.1	A	4,7,8,12,17
			Writing/Discussion	1,2
		10.2	A	1,4,6,10,18,19,22
			Writing/Discussion	1
		10.3	A	5,10,12,13,15
			Writing/Discussion	3
Probability Oct. 5-Oct. 16	1. Coin Tossing 2. A Princess’s Love Story 3. Notes 4. Theoretical Probability 5. Counting Techniques	11.1	A	2,3,5,7,14,18
			Writing/Discussion	1
		11.2	A	1,2,3,7,18
			Writing/Discussion	1
		11.3	A	10,11,13,18
		11.4	A	1,4,5,7,8,10
			Writing/Discussion	1
MIDTERM Week of October 19^th 2009 (email me bboschmans@plymouth.edu to set up a time) All activities and homework from Chapter 10 and 11 is due the day of the midterm.
Geometry Oct. 26-Nov. 13.	1. Geometric Terms 2.	12.1	A	2,3,5,8,12,14,17
			Writing/Discussion	1
		12.2	A	1,2,5,8,13
			Writing/Discussion	2
		12.3	A	2,4,5,7,9,13
			Writing/Discussion	1
		12.4	A	2,3,5,10
		12.5	A	2,3,4,8,10,12,16,20
Measurement Nov. 16-Dec. 4		13.1	A	2,3,6,7,11
			Writing/Discussion	1
		13.2	A	6,8,9,10,11,12,23,34
			Writing/Discussion	1
		13.3	A	1,2,4,6,7,12
		13.4	A	1,2,4,7,8,17,23
		14.1	A	1,3,4,5,8,10,12,14
			Writing/Discussion	3
		14.2	A	1,2,7,9,10,14
			Writing/Discussion	1
FINAL Week of December 7^th 2009 (email me bboschmans@plymouth.edu to set up a time) All activities and homework from Chapter 12, 13 and 14 is due the day of the final.

Last Updated 9/28/2009