Math 141 Office Hours: 2:00 – 3:15 Monday & Wednesday

Fall 2008 9:30-11:00 and 3:30 – 4:30 Tuesday & Thursday

Mrs. Karen Spike (other times by appointment)

Office: Bear Hall, room 121 Phone: 962-3823 UNCW email: spikek

Classes: MAT 141 at 8:00, 12:30 & 2:00 on Tuesday & Thursday, Bear Hall, room 101.

[I also teach MAT 142 at 3:30-4:45 on Monday & Wednesday.] 

TEXT: Mathematics: For Elementary Teachers, A Contemporary Approach ,

Seventh edition, by Musser, Burger and Peterson. Math 141 includes chapters 1-9.

INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Math 141, Basic Concepts of Mathematics I.

The purpose of this course is to develop a better understanding of basic mathematics. While studying concepts such as problem solving, logical reasoning, sets, number theory, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, and decimal numbers, you will extend your ability to understand and use mathematics. Most of you are planning to teach in elementary or middle school, so in addition to your being able to do mathematics it is very important that you are able to explain how to do mathematics. Whether or not you plan to teach, this course should help you understand mathematics better so that you will be able to apply it to everyday life.

This course will be facilitated in a hybrid mode – both in class and online. Course information will be available online by chapters (modules). There will be online assignments and activities, but we will meet for in-class activities during our regularly scheduled class time.  You can access the online portion of this course via SeaPort or http://ncvista.blackboard.com/.  Students are expected to read the text and online lectures notes for each section before coming to class. Class time will primarily be used for activities to apply the course concepts and clarify information from the text. 

GRADING:

Doing the Homework is an essential part of the course.  You are expected to do the problems, check your answers in the back of the text, and come to class ready to ask questions on what you didn’t understand.  I will give frequent quizzes to evaluate how well you understand the material covered. There are no makeup quizzes. Each quiz missed is a zero, but this will not affect your grade until you miss more than two quizzes, since I will drop your two lowest quiz grades. Your participation in the online portion of this class (reading each module before you have a quiz on that chapter) will count as part of your grade. There will be 3 tests during the semester, and a cumulative final exam. There are no makeup tests without prior permission. At anytime during the semester you can calculate your grade by dividing your total points by the total points possible, converting to a percent and then use the following scale:

93-100% A, 90-92% A- highest 7 quizzes at 15 points each = 105 points

87-89% B+, 83-86% B, 80-82% B- 3 tests at 100 points each = 300 points

77-79% C+, 73-76% C, 70-72% C- Online biography = 5 points

67-69% D+, 63-66% D, 60-62% D- 9 online modules at 5 points each = 45 points

below 60% F Final exam = 150 points

Total points for the semester = 605 points

LEARNING CENTER:

The University Learning Center, located in Westside Hall, is available for students to receive free tutoring for this course.  Please see the tutors for help on homework and to study for tests.  More information (i.e. location, hours of operation, etc.) can be found at the following link: http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/uls/math_learninglab.htm.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

It is very important that you attend class regularly! If you must miss class, the following syllabus, and updated online syllabus and modules, will let you know what we covered and you are responsible for doing the assigned work. More than three absences are considered excessive. Feel free to talk with me if you have an attendance problem. If you are absent 3, or fewer, classes you have the option of replacing one test score with your percentage from your final exam. 

DISABILITIES:

If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodation in this course, you should inform me of this fact in writing within the first week of class or as soon as possible. If you have not already done so, you must register with the Office of Disability Services in Westside Hall, 962-7555, and obtain a copy of your Accommodation Letter. You should then meet with me to make mutually agreeable arrangements based on the recommendations of your Accommodation Letter. http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/SDS/disability.html.

HONOR CODE:

All students are expected to read and abide by the Academic Honor Code that is in the Student Handbook and Code of Student Life. It begins as follows: “The university is committed to the proposition that the pursuit of truth requires the presence of honesty among all involved. It is therefore this institution’s stated policy that no form of dishonesty among its faculty or students will be tolerated. Although all members of the university community are encouraged to report occurrences of dishonesty, each individual is principally responsible for his or her own honesty.” Please read the rest of the details for yourself online: http://www.uncw.edu/policies/04-100-academichonorcode.htm

CELL PHONES:

Use of a cell phone is not allowed during class time. Bring a calculator for tests and quizzes; you may NOT use your cell phone as a calculator.

IMPORTANT DATES: http://www.uncw.edu/reg/calendars-fall08.htm

Wednesday, August 27^th – Last time to add a class, or drop without a grade.

Tuesday, September 23^rd – Test I on chapters 1 and 2

Thursday, October 9^th – Last day to withdraw with a W

Final exam schedule - http://www.uncw.edu/reg/exams-fall08.htm

You can access the course web site directly at http://ncvista.blackboard.com; click on UNC Wilmington, then click on LOG IN. Type in your username in lowercase letters (it is the same as your UNCW email username without the @uncw.edu.) Your password is the SeaNet password (usually six digit birthday).

You can also access the course web site via UNCW SeaPort. Go to http://www.uncw.edu/, click on students, then SeaPort. Type in your username (without @uncw) and password, choose My Courses, and then Basic Concepts of Math, MAT 141.

You will find additional resources, such as sample quizzes and tests, on my web site http://people.uncw.edu/spikek

THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO REVISION, but is my best estimate of when each section of homework should be done.

DATE	HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT  that should be done by this Date
Note: Quizzes are not mentioned on this syllabus. Please see the Online Course Calendar for when quizzes will be given. In order to receive the points for each module, you need to read the module for each chapter before your first quiz on that chapter. Sample quizzes and tests are online under Course Resources.
	Problem Solving -- Read module 1 under Course Content in Blackboard
Aug 21	We will discuss section 1.1 (for homework, see the problems listed below on Aug 28^th .) Also please read the preface and features of the text on pages v-xxiii & read and follow the directions in the introductory announcements in the online course.
Aug 26	Study section 1.1, do problems section 1.1 set A #1-7, 11-13, 18 & page 20#1-3 and read section 1.2, do problems section 1.2 set A #1, 2, 5, 8, 21
28	Do Problems for Writing/Discussion, page 37 # 1-3. For quiz # 1 hand in problems sec 1.1 set B # 6, 18 & sec 1.2 set B #1, 4, 17. Show all your work and list the strategies (see page 4) you used to solve each problem. Read module 2 under Course Content in Blackboard.
DATE	SUGGESTED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DUE On This Date
	Sets and History of number systems (Use eManipulative link for Venn Diagrams)
Sept 2	Study section 2.1, do set A #1-19, 22, 24, 27 (use eManipulative for 18 & 19). Also do page 59 #1-3 and chap 1 Rev p 39, sec 1.1 #3, sec 1.2 # 1 and discussion # 3, 7, 8, 9
4	Study section 2.2, do set A # 2-11,13
	Base ten, other number bases, & functions (Use links to websites for chapter 2 topics)
Sept 9	Reread section 2.2, do problems set B # 1, 3, 8-14, and page 70 # 1, 3 and study section 2.3, do problems set A # 1-8, 10-15, 18, 22 & set B # 3 & page 80 # 1-3
11	Study section 2.4 and do problems set A # 7-15, 17-21 and page 95 # 1-3
	Review and begin chapter 3 on arithmetic facts and properties of Whole Numbers
Sept 16	Chapter 2 Review page 97, sec 2.1 #1-5, sec, 2.2 #1-6, sec 2.3 #1-4, sec 2.4 # 3-5 Chapter 1 test page 41-42 # 1-8, 12-14, 16, 17, 19, and do Online Sample Test 1. Read module 3 under Course Content in Blackboard
18	Study section 3.1, do problems sec 3.1A # 1-13, 18 and page 119-120 discussion # 1-3
	Basic arithmetic facts & Properties of Whole Numbers for +, -, × and ÷
Sept 23	Test I on chapters 1 and 2
25	Read section 3.2, do problems set A #3-9, 11, 12, 14-20, 22, 24, 27 & page 135 # 1-3 (Use links for chapter 3-4 websites.)
	Ordering Whole Numbers, Exponents, Mental math & Estimation
Sept 30	Study section 3.3 & do problems set A # 1-13 and use module 4 to link to the “self-teaching” power pt slides and study section 4.1 and do problems set A # 1-14
Oct 2	Use module 4 to link to the “self-teaching” power pt slides. Reread section 4.1 and do set A # 19, 28, 29 & page 167 # 1-3 and study section 4.2 and do problems set A # 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 17, 24, 31 Read module 5 under Course Content in Blackboard.
Oct 6-7	Fall Break
	Whole number computations in other bases and Divisibility tests
Oct 9	Study section 4.3 and do problems set A # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and page 191 # 1-2 & study sec 5.1 and do set A #1 -16 & (web link for divisibility) & Chapter 4 Rev p.192-4
	GCF & LCM, Review and Fractions
Oct 14	Reread sec 5.1 and do set A # 23, 29, 30, 38 & set B # 12, & page 212 # 1-3 Study section 5.2 and do problems set A # 3, 4, 6a, 7- 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20 & page 226 # 2, 3 Read module 6 under Course Content in the online material.
16	Review chapters 3-5, study online outline, and do online Sample Test 2 Study section 6.1 and do set A # 1-12, 18, 21-24 & page 247 # 1-4
	Arithmetic of Fractions and Test 2
Oct 21	Study section 6.2 and do set A # 1, 2, 3a,d, 4a, 7a, 8-12, 16, 20, 21 & page 257 # 1-4 Study section 6.3 and do problems set A # 1-4, 8g, 9d, 10-15, 23-26 & page 274 #1-3 Read module 7 under Course Content in the online material.
23	Test II on chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6.1-6.2
	Decimals and Ratio & Proportion
Oct 28	Read section 7.1 and do problems set A # 1-17 & page 290 # 1-3 Read section 7.2 and do problems set A # 1-7, 10-14, 16-19 & page 301 # 1-3
30	Read section 7.3 and do problems 7.3A # 1, 5, 8, 10-12, 15, 17, 21 & page 312 # 1-3

 Note: “In-class” quizzes are not mentioned on this syllabus. Please see the Online Course Calendar for when quizzes will be given. Also see the sample quizzes and tests online under Course Resources. 

Math 141 Office Hours: 2:00 – 3:15 Monday & Wednesday

Fall 2008 (continued) 9:30-11:00 and 3:30 – 4:30 Tuesday & Thursday

Mrs. Karen Spike (other times by appointment)

Office: Bear Hall, room 121 Phone: 962-3823 UNCW email: spikek

THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO REVISION, but is my best estimate of when each section of homework will be due.

DATE	HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT  that should be done by this Date
Note: Quizzes are not mentioned on this syllabus. Please see the Online Course Calendar for when quizzes will be given. In order to receive the points for each module, you need to read the module for each chapter before your first quiz on that chapter. Sample quizzes and tests are online under Course Resources.
	Arithmetic of Fractions and Test 2
Oct 21	Study section 6.2 and do sec 6.2A # 1, 2, 3ad, 4, 7a, 8-12, 16, 20, 21 & page 257 # 1-4 Study section 6.3 and do problems sec 6.3A # 1-15, 19, 23-25 & page 274 #1-3 Read module 7 under Course Content in the online material.
23	Test II on chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6.1-6.2
	Decimals and Ratio & Proportion (Do worksheets in Module 7; links under Assignments)
Oct 28	Read section 7.1 and do problems sec 7.1A # 1-17 & page 290 # 1-3 Read section 7.2 and do problems sec 7.2A # 1-7, 10-14, 16-19 & page 301 # 1-3
30	Read section 7.3 and do problems 7.3A # 1, 5, 8, 10-12, 15, 17, 21 & page 312 # 1-3
	Percents and Integers
Nov 4	Read section 7.4 and do 7.4A # 1-13, 15, 18, 19, 21-27 odd & page 327 # 3 Read module 8 under Course Content in the online material.
6	Chapter 7 Review page 328-30 # 1-6, # 1-3, # 1-5, and # 1-4 Read section 8.1 and do problems sec 8.1A # 3-19 & page 348 # 1-3 Use the Curriculum Materials Center in the Watson School of Ed. for textbook review assignment, quiz # 8. See module 8 Assignments for link and print & do this assignment.
	Integers and Review for test 3
Nov 11	Study section 8.2 & do problems sec 8.2A # 1-4, 6, 7, 9, 12-22, 27 & page 364 #1-3 Chapter 8 Review page 366-9 # 1-5, #1-11, page 367 # 3 Discussion Read the Test III outline and print and do the sample test 3.
13	Test III on chapters 6, 7 and 8
	Rational numbers, Irrational numbers and Real numbers
Nov 18	Read sec 9.1 & do sec 9.1A #1-14(a & b), 15 & 16 (a,b,c,&d),17-23, 30 & page 390 #1-3
20	Quiz # 8 – Textbook review assignment due today. Read sec 9.2 and do problems sec 9.2A # 1-11, 15-18, 19-21, 26, 27, 30 & set B #28, 29
Nov 25	Do Chapter 9 Test page 428-429 # 1-6, 8-12, 17, 20 Review (see Website for test outlines, chapter 9 outline, and Review for the final exam.)
27	Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 2	Review for final exam
Final exams	Section 141-002 ( 8:00 class) Thursday, December 11^th, 8:00 – 11:00 Section 141-003 (12:30 class) Thursday, December 11^th, 11:30 – 2:30 Section 141-001 ( 2:00 class) Thursday, December 11^th, 3:00 – 6:00
	Complete Final exam schedule - http://www.uncw.edu/reg/exams-fall08.htm

Note: “In-class” quizzes are not mentioned on this syllabus. Please see the Online Course Calendar for when quizzes will be given. Also see the sample quizzes and tests online under Course Resources.