Math 122

Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers

Course description: Properties of the real numbers, consumer math, number systems, probability, statistics, and coordinate geometry designed for elementary education majors. This course has been identified as a general education course.

Prerequisites: Math 113 or permission of the DMCS department head.

Texts:
A Problelm Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, 9th Edition, by Billstein, Libeskind and Lott (2007); Addison Wesley Longman.
Mathematics Activities for Elementary School Teachers: A Problem Solving Approach, 6th Edition, by Dolan, Williamson and Muri (2007); Addision Wesley Longman.

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General Education Competency

The General Education Competency assessed in this course: To understand numerical data and statistics.

Student Learning Outcomes

The student will be able to

collect, organize, and interpret numerical data in various forms;
demonstrate computational skills necessary for problem solving and mathematical modeling;
create, interpret, and revise models to solve problems;
demonstrate knowledge and skills specific to course content as outlined in the objectives listed below.

Objectives

The student will

convert among Hindu-Arabic, Egyptian, Babylonian, and Roman numeration systems;
convert between decimal and nondecimal bases;
use factors, multiples, and prime factorization to solve problems;
select appropriate methods and tools for computing with integers and fractions and apply the selected methods;
understand and apply basic concepts of probability;
select, create, and use appropriate graphical representation of data, including bar graphs, histograms, and stemplots;
find, use, and interpret measures of center and spread, including mean, median, range, and standard deviation.

Course material

Course material will include the following topics:

Topic	Chpt.	Sections	Approx. time
Numeration systems and	Ch. 3	all	~ 3 weeks
whole-number computation	Ch. 3	all	~ 3 weeks
Integers and number theory	Ch. 4	all	~ 2 weeks
Rational numbers as fractions	Ch. 5	all	~ 2 weeks
Decimals, percents and real numbers	Ch. 6	all	~ 2 weeks
Probability	Ch. 7	all	~ 3 weeks
Data analysis/statistics: introduction	Ch. 8	all	~ 2 weeks

Activities will be included when appropriate. Other topics may be added if time permits.

Assessment

The Semester score for the course will be calculated by using the weights (%) indicated below:

Weight (%)
75%	Semester average	Tests	______ %
		Assignments	______ %
		_________	______ %
25%	Final exam grade

The Semester letter grade in the course will be assigned according to the scale below:

Semester grade	Semester score
90–100	A
80–89	B
70–79	C
60–69	D
0–59	F

Notes:

In cases of an excused absence, the instructor reserves the right to reweight the final exam in lieu of a make-up test.
In the case where a student's score on his final exam indicates exceptional achievement above and beyond that indicated by the semester average, the instructor reserves the right to reweight the value of the final exam in computing the semester grade.

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