MATH 5030

Geometry for Middle Grades Teachers

Spring 2009

MWF 12:20 – 1:10 pm in Boyd Graduate Studies, room 221

Instructor:

Dr. Sybilla Beckmann, Professor of Mathematics

501 Boyd Graduate Studies Building

542-2548

sybilla at uga dot edu

Office hours: Wednesdays after class, 1:15 – 2:15, and Thursdays 11 am - noon. 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 Assitant:

Whitney Montgomery

427J Boyd Graduate Studies

542-2722

wmontgom at math dot uga dot edu

Office hours: Mondays 11:10 – 12:10 and Wednesdays 1:30 – 2:30.

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

Information about and policies of this section of MATH 5030

MATH 7030 (graduate credit) information

Assignments, test schedules, and announcements

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 Shoseki’s 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 UGA’s program for preparing elementary teachers in math as exemplary and ranks Beckmann’s textbook first. See http://www.math.uga.edu/beckmanntextbook.html for links to the report.