Math 142, Fall 2010       Office Hours: 12:00 – 12:30 MWF; 2:00 – 3:00 M thru Th

Mrs. Karen Spike                                          (other times by appointment)  

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

                                                                                   

Class:  MAT 142 at 12:30 - 1:45 Tuesday and Thursday. 

             [I also teach MAT 141 at 9:00, 10:00 & 11:00 on MWF.]

TEXT: Mathematics  For Elementary Teachers, A Contemporary Approach 

            8th edition, by Musser, Burger and Peterson.  We will cover chapters 10-14, and 16.  An access code for WileyPLUS online homework is also required.  The WileyPLUS access code comes in a purple & green cardboard envelope and should be included with the purchase of a new text in the UNCW bookstore.

 

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.  Course information will be available online by chapters (modules). There will be online homework, but we will meet for in-class activities during our regularly scheduled class time.  You can access the Blackboard course through mySeaport on the UNCW website or directly by using http://ncvista.blackboard.com.  Students are expected to read the text and lectures notes for each section. 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 WileyPlus online homework.  The link to login to do online homework is in the Blackboard Course Website.    I will also give frequent quizzes, about one 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.  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.     I will give 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 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-                  3 tests at 100 points each = 300 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 = 700 points

(If your semester % in on the border between grades, I consider such factors as attendance and improvement.)

 

MATH LAB: 

Free tutoring is available in the math lab, which is part of the University Learning Center on the first floor of Westside Hall.  More information  (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 3, or fewer, classes you have the option of replacing one test score with your percentage from your final exam.

 

STUDENT DISABILITIES: 

UNCW Disability Services supplies information about disability law, documentation procedures and accommodations that can be found at http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/disability/   . To obtain accommodations the student should first contact Disability Services and present their documentation to the coordinator for review and verification. (If you feel that you should qualify for disability testing or accommodations during this course, contact the Office of Disability Services in Westside Hall, first floor, or call 910-962-7555.)

 

SEAHAWK RESPECT COMPACT: 

Framed copies of the Seahawk Respect Compact have been posted in buildings and classrooms across campus.  The Compact expresses the core values essential to an open, respectful learning and working environment.  Please see this website for a statement of this compact:  http://www.uncw.edu/diversity/src.html .

 

HONOR CODE: 

“All students enrolled at UNCW are subject to the UNCW Student Academic Honor Code, which is intended to help every member of the UNCW community appreciate the high value placed on academic integrity and the means that will be employed to ensure its preservation.”  For the new honor code please see this website http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/odos/honorcode/

 

CELL PHONES:  Use of a cell phone is NOT permitted during class time. 

            Bring a calculator for tests and quizzes; you may NOT use your cell phone as a calculator. 

 

EMERGENCY HOTLINE: 

If the university is officially closed, the hours of closing will be announced on the emergency hotline (910-962-3991 or toll-free 888-657-5751) and published on @UNCW.

“UNCW practices a zero-tolerance policy for violence and harassment of any kind.  For emergencies contact UNCW CARE at 962-2273, Campus Police at 962-2222, or Wilmington Police at 911.  For University or community resources visit http://www.uncw.edu/wsrc/crisis.html or  http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/care/

 

 IMPORTANT DATES:       http://www.uncw.edu/reg/calendars.htm
                                                Wednesday, August 25th – Last day to add a class, or drop without a grade.

            Thursday, September 23rd – Test I on chapters 10 and 11

            Thursday, October 7th – Last day to withdraw with a W

            Final exam schedule – http://www.uncw.edu/reg/exams-fall10.htm

 

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. 

You can also access the online portion of this course thru UNCW mySeaport.

 

Date

 

ASSIGNMENT 
The link to access the online homework is on the Blackboard course homepage.

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

week 1-2

 

Organizing data & understanding graphs, Misleading Graphs, Analyzing Data

Aug 19

 

We will discuss sections 10.1 and 10.2 and begin homework during class.  Please read and follow the directions under announcements on the Blackboard course website http://ncvista.blackboard.com

Aug 24

 

Read Module 1 under Course Content and study sections 10.1 & 10.2.  Begin WileyPLUS homework problems for sections 10.1 and 10.2  [10.1-2 HW due Tues, Aug 31, 11pm.]

Aug 26

 

Study section 10.3 and do online homework for section 10.3 part a. 

week 3

 

Analyzing Data & Chapter Review and Probability

Aug 31

 

Reread section 10.3 and begin online homework for 10.3 part b & textbook Review of Chapter 10 page 508 10.1 # 3, 4, 5 using Excel & p510 Writing/Discussion # 1, 3, 5.  Read Module 2 under Course Content on the Blackboard course web site.

Sept  2

 

Study sections 11.1-11.2, practice problems from Set A, begin online homework

week 4

 

Probability and Counting Techniques [10.3a due Sept 1 & 10.3b due Tues Sept 7.]

Sept  7

 

Quiz on 10.3; Finish 11.1-11.2 & begin 11.3 [11.1-11.2 HW due Th, Sept 9, 11pm.]

Sept  9

 

Continue section 11.3  [HW for 11.3 due 11pm Tues, Sept 14]

week 5

 

Simulations, Odds, Expected value & Conditional Probability

Sept  14

 

Begin section 11.4  [HW for 11.4 due 11pm Tues, Sept 21]

Sept  16

 

Quiz on 11.1-11.3; continue 11.4 & practice doing problems from the Chapter Tests

week 6

 

Finish chapter 11 and prepare for test 1  [Rev chap 10-11, ungraded, due Sept 22]

Sept  21

 

Read Outline and do Sample Test 1 (link under Course Resources). Discuss 12.1-12.2 Read Module 3 -- Basic Geometric Shapes and their Properties.

Sept  23

 

Test 1 on chapters 10 & 11 

week 7

 

Beginning Geometry – Angles & polygons

Sept  28

 

Study sections 12.1 and 12.2 begin online homework.  In class today we will work with blocks and mirrors to understand basic properties & symmetry of polygons.

Sept  30

 

HW due at 11pm for 12.1 - 12.2.  Begin section 12.3

Week 8

 

Angles, polygons & tessellations

Oct  5 

 

 No Class – Fall Break

Oct  7

 

Quiz on sections 12.1-12.3.  Discuss section 12.4, begin online HW.  There is a link to a web-quiz for section 12.4 in Module 3 under Assignments; turn it in Oct 12. 

week 9

 

Tessellations, 3-dimensional shapes & Measurement, standard & metric units

 Oct 12

 

Turn in web-based quiz at beginning of class. In-class Prism and pyramid Activity and discuss section 12.5. Begin online homework for section 12.5. 

 Oct 14

 

Online HW for 12.4 & 12.5 due at 11pm.  Begin 13.1 about Measurement.

 

 

 

Date

 

ASSIGNMENTS

Note:  Please see the Blackboard Course Calendar for when quizzes will be given.  Also use the link for sample quizzes and tests online under Course Resources.  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.

week 10

 

Measurement with standard and metric units & Perimeter and Area

 Oct 19

 

Study section 13.2 and begin the online homework.  Also do Activity 13.6 in the "Measurement Activities".  This can be accessed in Module 4 under Assignments. 

 Oct 21

 

Review Chapter 12.  Please read online module 4 – Chapter 13, including the measurement units "handout" and read 13.1-2 in your textbook. Finish online HW for 13.1 and 13.2.

week 11

 

Review and test 2

 Oct 26

 

Do the sample test 2 and textbook homework 13.2 set A #14 and Set B #27 &38 

 Oct 28

 

Test 2 on chapter 12 and 13.1-13.2

week 12

 

Surface Area and Volume of polyhedra

 Nov  2

 

Read section 13.3 and do set A # 1-4 and "Measurement Activity" 13.8.  Do not use any special surface area formulas from your text.  Just remember that the surface area is the sum of the areas of the faces of the polyhedron.  Begin section 13.3 in the online homework. 

Class discussion will include volume of polyhedra and Activity 13.11. 

 Nov  4

 

Think about how the formulas in the text are “short cuts” for calculating surface area and volume – Read power point lecture notes for sections 13.3 and 13.4. 
Read section 13.4 & do set A # 1-4. Also do Activities 13.9 & 13.10 in the "Measurement Activities".  Begin section 13.4 in the online homework.
Read Textbook Review assignment in module 4.  Turn this in on Thursday, Nov 18th.

week 13

 

Triangle Congruence & Similarity and Geometric Problem Solving

 Nov  9

 

Finish discussion of surface area and Volume & begin 14.1 & 14.2.  Read module 5.

 Nov 11

 

Study section 14.5 and do prob 14.5A #1-4. Read Test 3 Outline & do Sample Test 3. 

week 14

 

Transformations and test

 Nov 16

 

Read module 6 and sections 16.1 and 16.2. Begin online homework. Finish sample test. Turn in textbook review Assignment – see module 4 under Assignments, counts as a quiz.  

 Nov 18

 

Test 3 on chapters 13 and 14 

week 15

 

Transformations & Holiday

 Nov 23

 

Study sec16.3, do prob16.3A # 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & Chapter Test pages 869-72 # 1-12, 15, 21. Do online homework.

 Nov 25

 

No class – Thanksgiving Holiday 

week 16

 

Review

 Nov 30

 

Last class – Review for final exam  http://www.uncw.edu/reg/exams-fall10.htm

Th, Dec 9

 

Final exam at 11:30 - 2:30