| Math 131 Syllabus |
| Course Outline |
| The purpose of this course is to provide a close look at some of the
fundamental concepts of 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional geometry. The emphasis
will be on the proofs that underlie geometry and the intuition that motivates
those proofs. |
| There will be weekly homework assignments. Homework problems will
range from routine applications of facts from lecture to exercises which will
challenge students to examine concepts more deeply.
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| In addition, there will be extensive group work in class so that students
may interact with eachother and discuss the material. Over the course of
the semester, I will assign each student a homework problem or concept
from the course to present in lecture.
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| Grading |
| Grades will be assigned based on in class presentations, weekly homework,
two midterms and a cumulative final. Grades will be computed as follows:
25% each for the best two of the three midterms and the final, 15% homework,
10% in class presentation.
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| Exams |
| If anyone requires alternate arrangements for any of the exams, they should let me
know as soon as possible. The first midterm will be on Tuesday, October 6. There will be an early
exam Friday, October 2 at 4 pm in my office. If you want to take the early exam let me know by Wednesday. The next two exams will be tuesday november 3 and tuesday december 8.
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| Textbooks |
| The primary text for this class is "Elementary Geometry for Teachers" by Parker and Baldridge.
Homework problems will be drawn from that book, the "Primary Mathematics" elementary school books and
also "New Elementary Math." Some class activities will be drawn from Beckmann's activities manual.
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| Homework Problem Sets |
| Please note that late homework will not be accepted. Below, I use the abrreviations EGFT for
"Elementary Goemetry for Teachers", PM for "Primary Math" and NEM for "New Elementary Math." |
| Problem set 1 (due 9/17/09) | |
| EGFT 2.2: 4,5,6,7 |
| EGFT 2.3: 2,3 |
| PM 5B 6.1: 3,6,9 |
| PM 5B 6.2: 3,4 |
| Problem set 2 (due 9/24/09) | |
| NEM 10.2: 4 |
| NEM 10.3: 1,2,3 |
| Problem set 3 (due 10/1/09) | |
| EGFT 4.1: 1-10 |
| EGFT 4.2: 6 (parts a-f) |
| EGFT 4.3: 1-6 |
| Problem set 4 (due 10/20/09) | |
| EGFT 5.2: 8, 10 |
| PM 3B 9.1: 1, 5 |
| PM 3B 9.2: 3-7 |
| PM 3B p. 109: 11 |
| Additionally, write up your solutions to the worksheet problems on isometries |
Problem set 5 (due 10/27/09) | |
| EGFT 5.2: 10 |
| EGFT 5.3: 1, 2, 5, 9, 12, 14 |
| Problem set 6 (due 12/1/09) | |
| EGFT 7.2: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 |
| EGFT 7.3: 11, 12 |
| EGFT 8.1: 9, 10, 11 |
| EGFT 8.2: 9 |
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