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MAT 3310 Essentials of Math I Class Meeting Times: Tuesday 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm CE 102 Vickie Brown, Instructor changeat47@hotmail Campus Extension: 135 Office Location: Fine Arts/Chapel # 10 Office Hours: M-F 12:30 to 2:30



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 designed as an introductory course for teaching mathematics in an EC-6th grade elementary classroom. A major goal of this course is to guide students to an understanding of concepts related to numbers and number systems. Students are given opportunities to practice and to demonstrate knowledge of patterns, relations, operations, computational reasoning. Special emphasis is given to mathematical and problem-solving processes.

Course Goals

As your instructor in this course I will: 1. Survey elementary mathematics in a way that is both challenging and engaging. 2. Present and discuss methods of problem solving as an integral part of instructional technique and encourage the students to become "problem-solvers" themselves. 3. Present a general overview of the development of mathematical concepts and procedures in EC-6th grade students. 4. Present the NCTM’s //Principles and Standards for School Mathematics //and how they can be incorporated into daily math instruction. 5. 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. Survey a wide variety of authentic teaching activities that enhance mathematics instruction.

7. Connect mathematics instruction with writing and literary activities in the content areas. 8. 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. Provide a setting in which the student has "hands-on" teaching experiences with EC-6th grade children in the math teaching lab. 10. Give numerous opportunities for the student to use a variety of assessment tools and techniques used in student and curriculum evaluation.

Instructional Goals

Upon completion of this course you will be able to: 1. Be familiar with the NCTM //Principles and Standards for School Mathematics //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">and apply them to daily mathematics instruction. 2. Be familiar with the //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics //<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">and how they influence teaching methods. 3. Discuss the current influences on and reform movements aimed at mathematics instruction in American schools. 4. Incorporate "Doing" mathematics into the elementary classroom. 5. Teach students in a developmentally appropriate way which reflects a constructivist view of learning. 6. Use problem-solving as a principal instructional strategy while designing and selecting effective learning tasks. 7. Understand the development of number concepts and number sense in young children. 8. Understand the development of the four basic number operations and how to help children effectively use these operations in real-world settings. 9. Utilize numerous activities and strategies to help children master the basic facts of mathematics. 10. Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children develop place-value concepts and procedure. 11. Utilize numerous activities and strategies to help children master whole-number computations. 12. Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children use estimation skills while doing the four basic operations. 13. Utilize numerous activities and strategies to help children use fractional parts concepts and number sense. 14. Utilize a variety of activities and strategies to help children to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. 15. Incorporate technology into daily mathematics’ instruction. 16. Teach EC- 6<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">th grade students mathematics in the college teaching lab setting.

Instructional Objectives More specifically, upon completion of this course you will be able to: 1. Solve and demonstrate the process of solving a designated number of problems in each chapter of the text. 2. Use ideas from the text, from observations, and from class discussions to make one (1) teaching manipulative and one (1) interactive bulletin board to be used in the EC-6<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">th teaching lab setting. 3. Design and execute ten (10), one hour long, lessons with EC-6<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">th grade children in the college teaching lab. 4. Prepare a bound collection of 20, neatly mounted, teaching ideas and 20 bulletin board/poster ideas for the teaching of EC-6<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">th grade math. 5. Share 15 Internet resources which are now available to the elementary mathematics teacher. 6. Write an ongoing journal detailing your work in the teaching lab with an EC-6<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">th grade child. 7. Write a critique, after viewing a video taped teaching session, of your teaching strengths and needs. 8. Assemble an annotated bibliography of 30 selections of quality children’s literature, which help to convey mathematical concepts. 9. Plan, execute, and evaluate a "Parent Math Game Night" with the parents of your assigned students.

Course Textbook

Texas Edition of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, Teaching Developmentally (<span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">7th edition) by John A. Van de Walle (Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon, 2009.)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING SCALE

Attendance and Participation Each one of you is expected to attend and participate in class activities and discussion. We will be discussing very important information that will serve to benefit you in your teacher education. Therefore, you are allowed to miss **only one (1)** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">class sessions before point deduction is applied. For every absence beyond one (1), there will be a **total of three (5) point** <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">deducted from your final grade.

Projects: 1. Bulletin Board I: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">You will design a bulletin board that teaches a math concept covered in Chapters 9 to 16 in your text. It should be appropriate for use in an EC-6th grade class. The design is to be interactive, in some fashion, for the students. It is to be creative, reflective of professionalism, and neat. You will sign up for a week to put up your bulletin board in the lab classroom..
 * Late Work Policy: Work is due at the beginning of class on the date designated unless otherwise stated by the professor. Late work will not be accepted.***

DUE: 02/23/10 to 04/20/10 POINTS: 5 points 2. Parent Math Game Night: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">You will plan, execute, and evaluate a "Parent Math Game Night" with the parents of your assigned students. This should incorporate many of the teaching models which have been discussed in MAT 3312 and MAT3310. The parents are to be involved with their child in "doing math" for the entire session. This is to be a student-centered, hands-on evening of learning.

DUE: 03/16/10 to 04/20/10 POINTS: 10 points 3. Math Manipulative : <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">You will create a math manipulative that teaches a math concept covered in Chapters 9 to 16 in your text. It should be appropriate for use in an EC-6th grade class. The manipulative is to be demonstrated in class during a lab teaching session. It is to be creative, neat, and reflective of professionalism.

DUE: 02/23/10 to 04/27/10 POINTS: 5 points 4-13. Lab Teaching Experiences: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">You will prepare and present a 50 to 60 minute math lesson, with an emphasis on problem-solving skills. The lesson is to be appropriate for EC-6th grade and is to emphasize concepts in Chapters 9 to 16 of your text. You are to include either a visual aide or manipulative in your lesson. A selection of high quality children’s literature and a writing activity are to be included as part of your lesson. A typed lesson plan is due at the time of your lesson.

DUE: 02/16/10 to 04/27/10 POINTS: 5 points each/ 50 points total 14. Math Collection Notebook: <span style="font-family: Calisto MT,Calisto;">You will create a collection of ideas for teaching math concepts in grades EC-6th. It is to consist of 20 teaching activities, 10 interactive bulletin board ideas, 10 manipulative ideas, 15 Internet resources sites, and an annotated bibliography of 30 high quality children’s literature selections. **A minimum of 20 of the included activities, bulletin boards, or manipulatives must teach problem-solving skills.**

You will also include in this notebook your 9 journal entries from the lab teaching experiences, the critique of your video taped teaching session, and an evaluation of the "Parent Math Game Night".

DUE: 05/04/10 POINTS: 30 points