Math 136 Homepage

 Instructor: Dan McGinn
Click here for the course syllabus. My office hours are 3:45 - 4:45 on Tuesdays and 1:30 - 2:30 on Thursdays in 316 Van Vleck, and I'm also available by appointment. (I also now have an office in 690 Education Sciences, if that works better for you.) If you have any questions, let me know at mcginn (at) math (dot) wisc (dot) edu.
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171 Exams
Midterm 1: Thursday, October 15 (in lecture)
Midterm 2: Thursday, November 19 (in lecture)
Final Exam: Thursday, December 17 7:25 - 9:25 pm (location TBD)


136 Take Home Exam
Exam 1 Due Tuesday, 11/10


171 Homework
Due Sep 16:Chapter 0.2(P): 6,12,16,18,26,30,36,38
Chapter 0.3(P): 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,22,26,30,32,40,58
Chapter 1.1(P): 4,6,8,27-32,34,36,46,48,50
Chapter 1.2(P): 2,4,6,8,10,14,16,31,32
Due Sep 22:Chapter 1.2(P): 12, 22-30 evens
Chapter 1.3(P): 2,4,10,16,18,22,24,30,32,36
Due Sep 29: Chapter 1.4(P): 6 -18 (even), 28-34 (even)
Chapter 1.5(P): 8,10,12,16,30, 32
Chapter 2.1(P): 2-16 (even), 26-30 (even)
Due Oct 6: Chapter 2.1(P): 32 - 40 (even)
Chapter 2.2(P): 2 - 38 (even)
Due Oct 13: Chapter 2.3(P): 2 - 44 (even), 50, 52, 54
Chapter 2.4(P): 2,6,8,14,16,18,20,22,26,28,30
Due Oct 29: Chapter 2.5(P): 6,12,22,24,26,30,32,34,37-42
Chapter 2.1(C): 1,2,3,4,29,30,33,34
Due Nov 5: Chapter 2.2(C): 2, 4-40 (multiples of 4), 44-48 (even)
Chapter 2.3(C): 2, 4-24 (multiples of 4), 38-46 (even)
Due Nov 12: Chapter 2.6(C): 2-10 (even)
Chapter 2.7(C): 5-10, 12-20 (even), 23-26
Chapter 3.1(C): 2-8 (even), 27-30


136 Homework
Homework 1 Due Thursday, 09/24
Homework 2 Pushed back to Tuesday, 10/6
Homework 3 Due Tuesday, 10/13
Homework 4 Due Tuesday, 11/3


Class Activities
09/02 Solution Sets
09/14 Absolute Value
09/23 Graphing and Sets
10/07 Function Translations
10/21 Radar Guns, Bolts and Limits
10/26 Forall/Exists Statements


Pertinent Links
The 13x course sequence webpage.
The NCTM Standards is a publication detailing what math concepts 'should' be taught in each grade band.
The MET Documents list the math concepts that teachers need to know in order to teach math in each grade band.
This article is a fairly comprehensive history of the Math Wars.
This article, Racial Equity Requires Teaching Elementary School Teachers More Mathematics, is about a math professor's experience teaching in-service teacher training classes. It's one of the reasons I wanted to teach this course.

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