MATH 5030 Spring 2009
Assignments
Week 10:
Due Monday 3/23: nothing due
Due Wednesday 3/25: Read sections 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and do the practice problems in those sections. Hand in: Find at least two connections between fraction ideas and measurement ideas and discuss each connection in a paragraph. (You may think about the connections from the perspective of teaching those ideas.) This is a low stakes writing assignment, which will not be graded for mathematical accuracy, but will be graded for your engagement with the ideas.
Due Friday 3/27: Read section 10.5 and do the practice problems in that section. Hand in: Problem 3 a, b on pages 538, 539 and problem 3 on page 554.
Week 11:
Due Monday 3/30: Do but donÕt hand in problem 21 a, b on page 556. Hand in: Problem 21 c, 25 on page 556. Note that for problem 21 c, the term ÒcontainerÓ is a bit misleading.
Due Wednesday 4/1: Read section 11.1 and do the practice problems in that section.
Due Friday 4/3: Honors extra credit assignment 2 due. Hand in: Problem 1 on page 569 and problem 10 a, b on page 572. Since this assignment is so geometrically Òpicture based,Ó you are welcome not to type it if that helps you express yourself more clearly.
Week 12:
Due Monday 4/6: Nothing to hand in. QUIZ on chapter 10. For section 10.1, be sure to know how to do all the practice problems. For sections 10.2, 10.3, be sure to be able to discuss the distinction between length, area, and volume and the misconceptions that occur when we donÕt distinguish clearly between these. For 10.4, 10.5 know how to do the practice problems and the activities we discussed in class.
Due Wednesday 4/8: Read section 11.3 and do the practice problems in that section. Be sure to read carefully the detailed explanations for why the area formula for triangles is valid (weÕve discussed these ideas in class but didnÕt write the details down). Also do but donÕt hand in problems 4, 5 on page 593. Hand in: Problems 6, 9 on pages 594, 595. (If itÕs easier for you not to type, you may handwrite, but as always, turn in a 2nd or later draft.)
The honors credit extra assignment 3 is now posted and due 4/27.
Due Friday 4/10: Read sections 11.4 and 11.5 and do the practice problems in those sections. Hand in: (1) Problem 4 on page 600 and (2) explain why the trapezoid area formula is valid in another way, either by Òmoving chunksÓ or by using a Òtake away strategy,Ó or by suitably decomposing the trapezoid. You may use the area formulas for rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms in your explanation.
Week 13:
Due Monday 4/13: Read section 11.6 and do the practice problems in that section. Nothing to hand in.
Due Wednesday 4/15: Read pages 443 – 447 of section 8.6 about polyhedra. Hand in: Problem 6 on page 608 and problem 8 a, b on page 617.
From the NY Times 4/16 article How to Raise our I.Q. by Nicholas Kristof: Ò[A]
proven intervention is to tell junior-high-school students that I.Q. is
expandable, and that their intelligence is something they can help shape.
Students exposed to that idea work harder and get better grades. ThatÕs
particularly true of girls and math, apparently because some girls assume that
they are genetically disadvantaged at numbers; deprived of an excuse for
failure, they excel.Ó
Due Friday 4/17: Read sections 11.9 and 11.10 (but skip the practice problems for now, they will be assigned later). Study for the test on Monday and bring questions to class. Hand in: Read fifth grade Georgia Performance Standard M5M4, noting part c in particular. Discuss how to use blocks to explain why the (height)x(area of base) formula for the volume of a prism is true (for the case where all the dimensions of the prism are whole numbers). In your explanation, be sure to attend to: the meaning of multiplication, the meaning of volume, and the units you are using.
Extra office hours Friday 4/17 after class.
Week 14:
Due Monday 4/20: TEST on chapter 10
and sections 11.1 – 11.6. (Volume will not be covered on this test.)
Due Wednesday 4/22: Do but donÕt hand in: practice problems 1, 2, 3 on pages 449, 450 of section 8.6; practice problems 1, 2a on page 630 of section 11.9; and all the practice problems of section 11.10 (page 634).
Due Friday 4/24: Read section 11.2 and do the practice problems in that section. Hand in: (1) Make a pattern (net) for a (right) pyramid that has a 6 cm by 6 cm square base and has height 4 cm. Show and explain appropriate calculations that help you determine how to make the triangular faces of the pyramid. (Hint: The triangular faces do not have height 4 cm. You will need to use the Pythagorean theorem.) (2) Show and explain calculations to find the total surface area of the pyramid (including the base) and the volume of the pyramid. You may handwrite these problems if you like.
Week 15:
Due Monday 4/27: Honors credit extra assignment 3 due. Read section 11.11 and do the practice problems in that section. Hand in: Problem 2 on page 644 and problem 18 a, b on page 639 (Hint: the circle that you will make the pattern for the cone from in part (b) does not have radius 8 cm.).
Due Wednesday 4/29: Read sections 11.7 and 11.8 and do the practice problems in those sections. Nothing to hand in.
Due Thursday 4/30: (operates on a Friday schedule) Review for the final exam and bring questions to class. The final exam will cover all the material we discussed this semester. Please see this course website for the exact sections we covered. Browse your notes and the assigned reading and monitor your understanding. Where needed, reread the material. Think about: what are the important ideas? What kinds of problems address these ideas? The chapter summary and study items at the back of each chapter may help you. Go over all the tests and quizzes and think about the concepts and ideas that the problems address. Consider other problems that could be asked. While studying, try to understand the material more deeply and thoroughly. The better you understand the material, and the more flexibly you know it, the better a teacher you will be. So, do it for the kids!
Friday 5/1: reading day
OFFICE HOURS: Friday May 1, Monday May 4, Tuesday May 5th, all 10 – 11 am in 501 Boyd Graduate Studies.
Week 16:
Wednesday 5/6: comprehensive FINAL EXAM noon – 3 pm.