Math 210 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I
-- Spring 2025 Daily Assignments and Tasks
- My teaching style is very adaptive, so I only post class assignments and tasks as we become ready to cover that material.
- These are labeled Preliminary before class.
- AFTER class, I adjust the list to accommodate for any flexing we did DURING class that day, and mark the listing Confirmed.
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Listings go in order of most RECENT date on top.
*** WEEK ONE IS BELOW. ***
- Confirmed From Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 - Problem Solving: Polya's Step 2 and Justifying Strategies
- Study your notes, Activity #2, Summary #1, and Activity #3.
- "Activities" in our course are NOT for a summative grade. They are formative, to help you learn.
- You should treat Activities as part of your notes when studying.
- Solutions to Activity #3 are on D2L in Content.
- Read for support:
- Text Section 1-1: pp.4-5 and the BRIEF descriptions (if any) of each strategy pp.6-13
- RP 2 (Required Practice) is open in D2L Quizzes:
- DUE at the 50% level by 2pm Monday (Jan. 27) to earn your Basic Competency score
- DUE at the 85% level by 11:59pm Monday (Jan. 27) if you want to earn a Mastery Bonus.
- It stays opens all semester for you to maximize you regular RP score on it.
- Extra, NON-required practice, useful for exam prep: (these are NEVER turned in - they are NOT for a grade)
- Extra practice, especially from linked PDF files, is often open-ended and similar to some Exam and WA questions.
- HW #1: all
- 1-1C (Connections, p.16 of text): #8, 9
- Weekly Assessment #1 (WA 1) is DUE at the start of class on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
- You may work together, but DO NOT turn in identical wording, else all involved may get a 0.
- Confirmed
From Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 - Course Intro, How/Why Explanations, Polya's Four Steps
- Study your notes and Activity #1. Answers to Activity #1 are below:
- #1: Portia is at Step 3 - Carry It Out. She is describing work that is going on - in her head, though it's still work.
- #2: Lulu is stuck at Step 1 - Understand the Problem. She doesn't know a particular vocabulary term that the problem uses.
- #3: Benny is at Step 4 - Look Back. He needs to make sure he actually answered what was asked, though, which wasn't the combined number of coins that he is telling us.
- #4: Petra is at Step 2 - Devise a Plan. She has decided to try guess-and-check when she starts her work.
- Read:
- Spring 2025 Syllabus (and bring to class next time)
- Beckmann excerpt on good math explanations (xerox; also scanned as PDF in D2L Content)
- Text pp.2-4
- Children's Four Step samples (in D2L Content)
- Watch: Josh Darnit's Exact Instructions Challenge where his kids explain how to make a PB&J sandwich.
- RP 1 (Required Practice) is open in D2L Quizzes.
- It's due at the 50% level by 2pm Thursday (Jan. 23) to earn your Basic Competency score.
- It's due at the 85% level by 11:59pm Monday (Jan. 27) if you want to earn a Mastery Bonus.
- It stays opens all semester for you to maximize you regular RP score on it.
Dr. J. Lyn Miller, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Slippery Rock University