Algebra for Middle Grades Teachers
Fall 2007
T Th 12:30 - 1:45 pm, room 304 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 1 - 2 pm and and Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm. You are also always welcome to make an appointment to see me at other times.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Jennifer Belton
427A Boyd Graduate Studies
542-2470 e-mail: jbelton@math.uga.edu
Office hours: 11 - 12 Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Information about and policies of this section of MATH 5035
MATH 7035 (graduate credit) information
Weeks 0, 1, & 2: Aug 16, Aug 21, Aug 23, Aug 28, Aug 30
Weeks 3 & 4: Sept 4, Sept 6 QUIZ, Sept 11 Math 7035 Extra Assignment 1, Sept 13
Weeks 5 & 6: Sept 18, Sept 20, Sept 25 TEST, Sept 27
Weeks 7 & 8: Oct 2, Oct 4, Oct 9, Oct 11 Math 7035 Extra Assignment 2
Weeks 9 & 10: Oct 16 QUIZ, Oct 18, Oct 23, (Oct 25 fall break)
Weeks 11& 12: Oct 30, Nov 1, Nov 6 QUIZ, Nov 8
Weeks 13 & 14: Nov 13, Nov 15 TEST, Nov 20, (Nov 22 Thanksgiving break)
Weeks 15 & 16: Nov 27 Math 7035 Extra Assignment 3, Nov 29, Dec 6 last day of class, reading day: Dec 7
Final exam: 12-3 pm, Thursday, December 13, in our usual classroom.
Websites of interest:
Here's a wonderful opportunity to learn about Japanese elementary and middle grades teaching in a short study abroad experience in Japan: http://math.kennesaw.edu/abroad/2008/japan.htm
The textbook's website with chapter by chapter links of interest
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
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 (posting is not yet completed!)
Project INTERMATH, which focuses on building teachers' mathematical content knowledge through mathematical investigations that are supported by technology