MATH 5030
Geometry for Middle Grades Teachers
University of Georgia
Spring 2010
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 12:20 – 1:10 pm in room C114 of Life Sciences
Instructor:
Dr. Sybilla Beckmann, Professor of Mathematics
501 Boyd Graduate Studies Building
706-542-2548
Click here to send email to Sybilla Beckmann
Please contact me as soon as possible (by email or phone) if an illness or emergency prevents you from attending class.
Sybilla BeckmannÕs office hours: Mondays 10 – 11 and Thursdays noon – 1 pm in room 501 Boyd Graduate Studies. 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:
427F Boyd Graduate Studies
706-542-2619
Click here to send email to Laura Nunley
Laura NunleyÕs office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:20 – 2:20 pm in 427F Boyd Graduate Studies.
You are always welcome to make an appointment to see Laura at other times or to e-mail or call with questions.
Information
about and policies of this section of MATH 5030
MATH 7030 information
Assignments, test schedules, and announcements
WEBSITES:
The textbook's website with chapter by chapter
links of interest
Websites on
math standards:
The
Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) in math can be found at the link: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Pages/BrowseSTandards/MathStandards.aspx
The
Frameworks accompanying the Georgia Performance Standards, as well as a link to
ÒQuestioning Ideas for the Classroom,Ó can be found at the link: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Frameworks/Pages/BrowseFrameworks/math.aspx
An interesting blog
about the GPS: Elaboration of
the Georgia Performance Standards: Mathematics
National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards and Focal Points
Common Core State Standards Initiative
Websites of elementary school texts from
high performing countries:
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 NCTQ publications page for links to the report.