MATH 5030

Geometry for Middle Grades Teachers

Spring 2007

TR 11 - 12:15 in room 302 Boyd Graduate Studies


Instructor: Dr. Sybilla Beckmann, Professor of Mathematics

501 Boyd Graduate Studies

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

Office hours: 10:30 - 11:30 on Mondays and 1:30 - 2:30 on Wednesdays. You are also always welcome to make an appointment to see me at other times.

Graduate Assistant: Bree Ettinger

438 Boyd Graduate Studies

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

Office hours: 8:15-9:15 on Thursdays and 3:30-4:30 on Tuesdays.


Information about and policies of this section of MATH 5030

MATH 7030 (graduate credit) information


Assignments, class schedule, and announcements:

Weeks 1 & 2: Jan 9, Jan 11, Jan 16, Jan 18,

Weeks 3 & 4: Jan 23, Jan 25 QUIZ, Jan 30, Feb 1

Weeks 5 & 6: Feb 6, Feb 8, Feb 13, Feb 15

Weeks 7 & 8: Feb 20, Feb 22 TEST, Feb 27, Mar 1

Weeks 9 & 10: Mar 6, Mar 8, (March 12 - 16 Spring break), Mar 20 QUIZ, Mar 22,

Weeks 11& 12: Mar 27, Mar 29, Apr 3, Apr 5,

Weeks 13 & 14: Apr 10, Apr 12 TEST, Apr 17, Apr 19,

Weeks 15 & 16: Apr 24, Apr 26, reading day: May 1

Final exam: Tuesday, May 8, 12 - 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

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

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics

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

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