MATH 5035

Algebra for Middle School Teachers

Fall 2006

MWF 12:20 - 1:10 pm in room 303 Boyd Graduate Studies


Instructor: Dr. Sybilla Beckmann, Professor of Mathematics

501 Boyd Graduate Studies

542-2548 e-mail: sybilla@math.uga.edu

Office hours: Mondays 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Fridays 11:15 am - 12:05 pm (these may need to be changed). You are also always welcome to make an appointment to see me at other times.

Teaching assistant: Bree Ettinger

438 Boyd Graduate Studies

542-2593 e-mail: bree@math.uga.edu

Office hours: To be determined.


Information about and policies of this section of MATH 5035

MATH 7035 (graduate credit) information


Assignments, class schedule, and announcements:

Weeks 0, 1 & 2: Aug 16, Aug 18, Aug 21, Aug 23, Aug 25, Aug 28, Aug 30, Sept 1

Weeks 3 & 4: (holiday Sept 4), Sept 6, Sept 8, Sept 11, Sept 13 TEST (date fixed), Sept 15

Begin to plan your work on your field assignment

Weeks 5 & 6: Sept 18, Sept 20, Sept 22, Sept 25, Sept 27, Sept 29 QUIZ

Weeks 7 & 8: Oct 2, Oct 4, Oct 6 repeat Quiz, Oct 9, Oct 11, Oct 13

Weeks 9 & 10: Oct 16, Oct 18, Oct 20, Oct 23, Oct 25 QUIZ, (fall break Oct 27)

Weeks 11& 12: Oct 30, Nov 1, Nov 3 TEST (date fixed), Nov 6, Nov 8, Nov 10

Weeks 13 & 14: Nov 13 , Nov 15, Nov 17 QUIZ, Nov 20, (Nov 22, 24 Thanksgiving break)

Weeks 15 & 16: Nov 27, Nov 29, Dec 1 Field assignment due, Dec 4, Dec 6 last day of classes. Reading day: Dec 7

Final exam: Wednesday, December 13, 12 noon - 3 pm, in our usual classroom.


Websites of interest:

The textbook's website with chapter by chapter links of interest

Georgia Performance Standards, which are currently phasing in.

Problems and tasks that Sybilla Beckmann wrote for her 6th graders during the 2004/2005 school year organized according to the grade 6 Georgia Performance Standards.

Project INTERMATH, which focuses on building teachers' mathematical content knowledge through mathematical investigations that are supported by technology

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum Focal Points for Grades PreK - 8