Math 132: Problem Solving in Algebra, Probability, and Statistics
Section 4, Fall 2011, MWF Van Vleck B309 @ 1:20-2:10

Instructor: Beth Skubak
Office: 518 Van Vleck
Email: skubak at math.wisc.edu
Office hours: Tues 11:45-12:45, Fri 12:15-1:15 (before class), and by appointment

Syllabus

Mark these dates!
Exams: Monday 10/3 and Friday 11/18 (in class)
Final: Monday 12/19 @ 5:05-7:05, scheduled in room B309 (our usual room-- you should recheck on myUW on that day to be sure)

Please don't hesitate to come to office hours! I schedule them for you and I'm happy to help you. If you can't make any of my hours, don't be shy-- see me before or after class or send me an email and we will work out a time. Also, don't rule out your own classmates for help. Working together is a great idea.


Class Materials:
F Sept 2 In Class:
  • Syllabus
  • Flipping Coins
  • Homework:
  • 132 Questionnaire
  • If you have never read them, you should familiarize yourself with the standards written by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. An excerpt of standards relating to this class can be found here: NCTM Standards.
  • W Sept 7 In Class:
  • Introduction to Probability worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Finish thinking about the last page of the worksheet. We'll discuss on Friday.
  • F Sept 9 In Class:
  • Sample Spaces and Equally Likely Outcomes worksheet
  • M Sept 12 In Class:
  • worked on Friday's worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 1, due Mon 9/19
  • W Sept 14 In Class:
  • Finished 9/9 worksheet
  • Started Modeling Probabilities worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Remember HW1 due Monday
  • F Sept 16 In Class:
  • More Modeling Probabilities worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Remember HW1 due Monday
  • M Sept 19 In Class:
  • finished Friday's worksheet
  • W Sept 21 In Class:
  • Why Add? Why Multiply? worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 2, due 2/14; you will need this Probability Games article
  • HW 1 corrections due Monday 9/26
  • F Sept 23 In Class:
  • Conditional Probability and Independence worksheet
  • Homework:
  • HW 2 due 9/28
  • HW 1 corrections due next class, Mon 9/26
  • M Sept 26 In Class:
  • Finished Friday's worksheet
  • W Sept 28 In Class:
  • Expected Value worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Study! Exam 1 is Monday
  • Optional Exam 1 Review Problems
  • Review session at 7:30pm tomorrow, 9/29, in our usual classroom
  • F Sept 30 In Class:
  • More Expected Value worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Exam 1 Review Answers
  • M Oct 3 In Class:
  • EXAM 1
  • W Oct 5 In Class:
  • Review exams
  • Looked at the Monty Hall problem from HW2
  • F Oct 7 In Class:
  • Started algebra unit with Are All = Signs Equal? worksheet
  • uses "Psychological Complexity of Equations" and "7 Different Uses of Literal Symbols" articles, pg 4 and 5
  • M Oct 10 In Class:
  • Finished Friday's worksheet
  • W Oct 12 In Class:
  • Patterns and Rules worksheet
  • F Oct 14 In Class:
  • worked on Wednesday's worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 3 due Monday 10/24
  • You'll need this "Balancing Act" article
  • M Oct 17 In Class:
  • continued work on Patterns and Rules worksheet
  • W Oct 19 In Class:
  • finished Patterns and Rules worksheet
  • F Oct 21 In Class:
  • Proportional Reasoning worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 3 due Monday
  • M Oct 24 In Class:
  • finished Friday's worksheet
  • W Oct 26 In Class:
  • Proportional Relationships worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 4 due W Nov 2
  • You'll need this "Pitfalls of Over-Reliance on Cross-Multiplication" article
  • F Oct 28 In Class:
  • finsihed Wednesday's worksheet
  • started Indirectly Proportional Relationships worksheet
  • Homework:
  • HW 3 corrections due Monday
  • M Oct 31 In Class:
  • worked on Friday's worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 4 due Wednesday
  • W Nov 2 In Class:
  • finished last Friday's worksheet
  • started Bike Races worksheet
  • F Nov 4 In Class:
  • continued work on worksheet from Wednesday
  • Homework:
  • Homework 5 due Monday 11/14
  • M Nov 7 In Class:
  • finished Bike Races worksheet
  • started Linear vs Proportional Relationships worksheet
  • W Nov 9 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Monday
  • F Nov 11 In Class:
  • started Qualitative Graphs worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 5 due Monday
  • Optional Exam 2 Review Problems
  • M Nov 14 In Class:
  • finished Friday's worksheet
  • started Algebra practice worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Exam 2 is Friday! Work on the review problems and study.
  • W Nov 16 In Class:
  • Review
  • Homework:
  • Exam 2 is Friday! Review answers here and there's a written out solution to number 6 here (there's no "more", just the one page)
  • F Nov 18 In Class:
  • EXAM 2
  • M Nov 21 In Class:
  • took a second look at one of our patterns
  • W Nov 23 In Class:
  • Started Data & Stats unit with Measures of Center worksheet
  • M Nov 28 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from last Wednesday
  • W Nov 30 In Class:
  • Histograms, Stem and Leaf plots, Box and Whisker plots worksheet
  • Homework:
  • last HW!-- Homework 6 due next Weds 12/7
  • F Dec 2 In Class:
  • Scatterplots worksheet
  • M Dec 5 In Class:
  • Baseball Salaries worksheet
  • Homework:
  • HW 6 due Wednesday
  • W Dec 7 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Monday
  • started Misleading Graphs worksheet
  • F Dec 9 In Class:
  • finished Wednesday's worksheet, started Data Collection worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Optional extra credit due the day of the final
  • M Dec 12 In Class:
  • finished Friday's worksheet, started review
  • Homework:
  • The final is in one week! Review problems
  • W Dec 14 In Class:
  • Review. Answers/solutions to review problems here. Review session Friday at 2.