Math 142 Office Hours: 12:00 - 12:30 Monday - Friday

Summer II 2009 2:00 – 4:00 Tuesday & Thursday

Mrs. Karen Spike (other times by appointment)

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

Classes: MAT 142-001 at 8:20 - 10:00 Mon – Fri, room 101 Bear Hall

(I also teach MAT 141 at 10:15 - 11:55 Monday thru Friday.) 

TEXT: Mathematics For Elementary Teachers, A Contemporary Approach

8^th edition, by Musser, Burger and Peterson. We will cover chapters 10-14, and 16.

INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Math 142, Basic Concepts of Mathematics II.

The purpose of this course is to develop a better understanding of basic mathematics. While studying concepts such as statistics, probability, and geometry, 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 the mathematics it is very important that you are able to explain how to use the 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. Mathematics is a necessary language in technological societies, so the topics covered in this course should prove useful in a variety of situations. For example, as a consumer and citizen, each of us needs mathematics to make financial decisions and to interpret statistics in political and economic news.

This course will be taught 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 by http://ncvista.blackboard.com. Students are expected to read the text and lectures notes for each section before coming to class! Class time will primarily be used for clarifying information from the text and activities to apply the course concepts.

 GRADING:

Doing the Homework is an essential part of the course.  Your textbook includes an access code for online homework. The link to login to do online homework is in the Blackboard Course Website.  I will also give frequent quizzes, about two per week, 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 as it is assigned) will count as part of your grade. I will give 2 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 and 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- online homework = 100 points

77-79% C+, 73-76% C, 70-72% C- 2 tests at 100 points each = 200 points

67-69% D+, 63-66% D, 60-62% D- 5 pts for online biography = 5 points

below 60% F 6 online modules at 5 points each = 30 points

Final exam = 160 points

Total points for the semester = 600 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.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 two absences during a summer session is considered excessive. Feel free to talk with me if you have an attendance problem. If you are absent from 2, 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/disability/

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 of North Carolina Wilmington 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 online: http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/doso/documents/Code.Of.Student.Life.pdf , page 6.

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://uncw.edu/reg/calendars-sum09.htm

Thursday, June 25^th – Last day to add a class, or drop without a grade.

Monday, July 6^th – Test I on chapters 10 and 11

Wednesday, July 8^th – Last day to withdraw with a W

You can access the online course material 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 online portion of this course via UNCW SeaPort. Go to http://www.uncw.edu/, click on students, then SeaPort. Type in your username (without @uncw) and email password, choose My Courses, and then Basic Concepts of Math, MAT 142.

DATE	Online Homework ASSIGNMENT that should be done by this Date The link to access the online homework is on the course homepage.
Note: “In-class” 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. Also use the link for sample quizzes and tests online under Course Resources.
	Organizing data & understanding graphs, Misleading Graphs, and Analyzing Data
June 23	We will discuss sections 10.1 and 10.2 and begin homework during class. Please read and follow the directions under announcements on the course website http://ncvista.blackboard.com
June 24	Read Module 1 under Course Content and study sections 10.1 & 10.2. Do online homework problems in sections 10.1 and 10.2
June 25	Study section 10.3 and do online homework for section 10.3 part a.
June 26	Reread section 10.3 and do online homework for section 10.3 part b & textbook Review of Chapter 10 page 508 sec 1 # 3, 4, 5 using Excel chart wizard, and Writing/Discussion # 1, 3, 5. Read Module 2 (chapter 11) under Course Content on the Blackboard course web site.
DATE	Homework ASSIGNMENT that should be done by this Date
	Probability, Simulations, expected value, odds & conditional probability
June 29	Please follow the assignments in module 2 for sections 11.1 and 11.2
June 30	Finish 11.2 and do the assignments in module 2 for section 11.3
July 1	Do the assignment for section 11.4
July 2	Do the reviews for chapters 10 & 11 and Sample Test 1 (under Course Resources on homepage)
July 3^rd	Independence Day Holiday – no class
	Test 1 and Chapter 12 – Basic Geometry (read module 3)
July 6	Test I on chapters 10 and 11
July 7	Study section 12.1 and do online homework. In class today, we will work with pattern blocks and mirrors to understand basic properties and symmetry of polygons.
8	Do online homework from 12.2 and 12.3 and the worksheets from module 3. In class today, we will discuss sections 12.3 & 12.4 and do the Prism and Pyramid Activity in Module 3 to introduce section 12.5. There is a link to quiz # 5 in Module 3 under Assignments. Turn in tomorrow.
9	Do online homework for section 12.4, do the web exploration quiz assignment and turn it in at beginning of class. Do the online homework for section 12.5.
10	Review Chapter 12 and study section 13.1 and the measurement handout. Do the online homework for 13.1 and please read online module 4 – Chapter 13.
	Chap 13 - Measurement with standard and metric units, Perimeter, Area & Volume
July 13	Study section 13.2 and do the online homework. Also do Activity 13.6 on the Measurement Activities. This can be accessed in Module 4 under Assignments section 13.2.
14	Read power point lecture for sections 13.3 and 13.4. In class today we will discuss sections 13.3 and 13.4 and do as much as possible from the Activities 13.8 thru 13.10 on the “Measurement Activities”. Textbook Review Assignment – Due July 21^st.
15	Do the assigned problems for sections 13.3. Think about how the formulas in the text are “short cuts” for calculating surface area. Also do the assigned problems in section 13.4
16	Do Chap 13 Review as needed. Under Course Resources on the homepage use the link to sample tests and quizzes. Read the Outlines for Tests 2 and 3, print and do the sample tests for chapters 12 and 13. In class today we will also discuss sections 14.1 and 14.2 so read Module 5 - Chap 14.
17	Test 2 on chapters 12 and 13
	Chap 14 - Triangle Congruence and Similarity & Chap 16 - Geometric Transformations
July 20	Study sections 14.1 & 14.2 and do the online homework.
21	Study section 14.5 and do online homework and Chapter 14 Review pages 800-803 sections 1 & 2 #1-3 & sec 5 # 1,2. Read Module 6, chapter 16 on Geometric transformations.
22	Do the online homework from Chapter 16 on geometric transformations.
23	Finish chapter 16 and Review for final exam
24	Final exam 8:00 to 11:00 http://uncw.edu/reg/exams-sum09.htm

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