MATH 5001

Arithmetic and Problem Solving

A course for prospective elementary school teachers

Fall 2008

 

MWF 2:30 – 3:20 pm in Chemistry 400

 

Instructor:

Dr. Sybilla Beckmann, Professor of Mathematics

501 Boyd Graduate Studies Building

542-2548 

sybilla at uga dot edu

 

Office hours: Fridays 9:30 – 11:30 am (this time may need to be changed). You are always welcome to make an appointment to see me at other times or to e-mail me or call me with questions.

 

Writing Intensive Program (WIP) Teaching Assitants:

 

Whitney Montgomery                                     Matt Mastin

427J Boyd Graduate Studies                           434H Boyd Graduate Studies

542-2722                                                         542-2722

wmontgom at math dot uga dot edu                mmastin at math dot uga dot edu

Office hours: Mondays, 12 – 1 and                Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 – 2 pm

                    Wednesdays 4:30 - 5:30 pm                                           

 

You are always welcome to make an appointment to see Whitney or Matt at other times or to e-mail or call with questions.

 

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Information about and policies of this section of MATH 5001

 

MATH 7001 (graduate credit) information

 

Assignments, test schedules, and announcements

 

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Websites of special relevance:

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

Georgia Performance Standards

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and Focal Points

Textbooks used in Singapore: singaporemath.com Primary Mathematics 1A, 1B (first grade) through 6A, 6B (sixth grade)

Translations of textbooks used in Japan: http://www.globaledresources.com/ (Tokyo ShosekiÕs Mathematics for Elementary School)

Other websites of interest:

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

 

The National Council on Teacher Quality report, No Common Denominator (June 2008), describes UGAÕs program for preparing elementary teachers in math as exemplary and ranks BeckmannÕs textbook first. See http://www.math.uga.edu/beckmanntextbook.html for links to the report.