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MAT 3312 Essentials of Math Vickie Brown, Instructor Campus Extension: 135 changeat47@hotmail.com Office Location: Fine Arts/Chapel # 10 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 12:30 to 2:30 Class Meeting Times: Tuesday 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. CE 102 

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=College Mission Statement = Arlington Baptist College endeavors to prepare men and women for Christian life and ministries, both lay and professional, through studies in Bible, general education, church vocations, and practical service, integrating faith and learning in the context of a Christian worldview.

=Course Description =

This course is a continuation of Essentials of Math I. The content of this course includes concepts and principles of geometry and measurement. The mathematical and problem-solving processes introduced in Essentials of Math I are further explored along with opportunities to reason mathematically, to solve mathematical problems, and to make mathematical connections within and outside of mathematics. Students are given opportunities to demonstrate knowledge of probability and statistics.

=Course Goals = <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">As your instructor in this course I will:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Survey elementary mathematics in a way that is both challenging and engaging.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Present and discuss methods of problem solving as an integral part of instructional technique and encourage the students to become “problem-solvers” themselves.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Present a general overview of the development of mathematical concepts and procedures in EC-8th grade students.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Present the NCTM’s //Principles and Standards for School Mathematics// and how they can be incorporated into daily math instruction.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Discuss the use of technology in the mathematics’ classroom and give the students opportunities to experiment with the various hardware and software available at this time.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Survey a wide variety of authentic teaching activities that enhance mathematics instruction.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Connect mathematics instruction with writing and literary activities in the content areas.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Encourage the student to extend their learning beyond the classroom by providing a diversity of problems, discussion topics, and opportunities for investigation through outside readings.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Provide a setting in which the student has “hands-on” teaching experiences with EC-8th grade children in the math teaching lab.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Give numerous opportunities for the student to use a variety of assessment tools and techniques used in student and curriculum evaluation.

<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Instructional Goals
<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Be familiar with the NCTM //Principles and Standards for School Mathematics// and apply them to daily mathematics instruction.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Be familiar with the //Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics// and how they influence teaching methods.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Discuss the current influences on and reform movements aimed at mathematics instruction in American schools.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Incorporate “Doing” mathematics into the elementary classroom.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Teach students in a developmentally appropriate way which reflects a constructivist view of learning.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Use problem-solving as a principal instructional strategy while designing and selecting effective learning tasks.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Use a variety of assessment skills to evaluate student progress in mathematics.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Be familiar with the many challenges of student needs in the modern diverse classroom setting.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize numerous activities and strategies to help children master decimal and percent concepts.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children develop ratio and proportion concepts and procedure.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize numerous activities and strategies to help children master measurement concepts.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children in geometric thinking and concepts.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize numerous activities and strategies to help children use data analysis and probability.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children to think algebraically
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children explore functions
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children develop the concepts of exponents, integers, and real numbers.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Incorporate technology into daily mathematics’ instruction.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Teach EC- 8th grade students mathematics in the college teaching lab setting.

<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Instructional Objectives
<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">More specifically, upon completion of this course you will be able to:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Solve and demonstrate the process of solving a designated number of problems in each chapter of the text.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Use ideas from the text, from observations, and from class discussions to make a math concept game and an interactive bulletin board to be used in the EC-8th teaching lab setting.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Design and execute ten (10), one hour long, lessons with EC-8th grade children in the college teaching lab..
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Write an ongoing journal detailing your work in the teaching lab with an EC-8th grade child.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Write a critique, after viewing a video taped teaching session, of your teaching strengths and needs.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Administer an assessment test of math skill to your LAB students.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Conduct and document two parent conferences with the parents of your LAB students.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Utilize the computer in at least one of your LAB teaching sessions.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif'; margin-top: 0in;">Create a portfolio which assesses your growth as a math teacher.

<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Course Textbook
//<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, Teaching Developmentaly: Texas Edition ( //<span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">7th edition) by John A. Van de Walle (Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon, 2010.)