Math for Elementary Teachers - Summer 2009

Announcements

• Revision to syllabus. We will do ch 12 on Wed July 22 and Ch 14 on Mon and Wed Jul 27, 29.
• The last week of class is the week of July 27. We will meet only on Mon and Wed, but from 8:00 am until 12:30.
• Portfolios are due by the end of session 2.
• First portfolio review end of week 2 (July 1)
• June 22-July 29, MTuW, 9am-12:20pm (6 weeks, first/second session)
• 6 credits in Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
• CRN: 40055

• First class is Monday June 22th at 9am in Sem 2 C2107

Faculty

Course Description

The class will run for six weeks first session (the sixth week is also second sesson week 1).

Schedule

Monday        9:00 - 12:20    Room Sem 2 C2107
Tuesday       9:00 - 12:20    Room Sem 2 C2107
Wednesday     9:00 - 12:20    Room Sem 2 C2107

Course Objectives and Organization

The goal of this course is to help students acquire an appreciation and understanding of some of the deepest and most elegant mathematical constuctions that we as humans have evolved in the course of our short history. Students will be able to see the conceptual economy of the abstractions that have become the most essential part of our mathematical language. This is a great course to learn and improve mathematical abilities as well as see the most important concepts and abstractions in mathematics that our children should learn and why they are valuable.

Depending on the background of the students, class time will consist of some mixture of (a) lecture and discussion (b) individual and group problem solving, and (c) student-led presentation and discussions of concepts, problems and solutions.

Textbook

• Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach, by Musser, et al, 8th Ed, Wiley ISBN: 978 0 470 10583-2