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MATH 107 |
Math for
Elementary Teaching |
Fall 2006 |
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Section 01 |
Monday
Wednesday 1:10 – 2:30 |
Scott 204 |
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Michael Beals |
Office Hours |
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77 Hamilton
Street, Room 206 |
732-932-8436 |
M 11:30 – 1:00 W 2:30 – 4:30 |
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Hill Center,
Room 540 |
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By
Arrangement |
This
course will probably seem like quite a change of pace from your typical math
course. We will be reexamining many of the mathematical ideas with which
you are already familiar, placing them in the context of the subject as a whole
but in addition viewing them from the perspective of young students first
learning them. The emphasis will be on reasoning and communication.
Much of the class will be spent on interactive work, rather than classical
lectures.
Homework
problems will be assigned each class period, due at the Monday class meeting
the following week. Sometimes I will ask you to hand in the problem
solutions by email - so be sure you have an active email account.
Homework problems count toward your final grade - roughly 100 points out of 300.
There
will be an hourly exam on Wednesday, October 25, which will count for 50 points
out of 300. A project that will be due in December (with the deadline to
be announced well in advance) will also count for 50 points out of 300. A
final exam, to be held during the assigned exam period on Tuesday, December 19,
from Noon until 3PM, will count for 100 points out of 300.
Please
take advantage of my office hours. My offices are on College Avenue (the
School of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, 77 Hamilton Street, Room 206) and on
the Busch Campus (Hill 540, on the fifth floor of the Hill Center). You
may also contact me by e-mail - my address is beals@sas.rutgers.edu.