Math 132: Problem Solving in Algebra, Probability, and Statistics
Section 3, Spring 2012, TR 2:30-3:45 in Van Vleck B211

Instructor: Beth Skubak
Office: 518 Van Vleck
Email: skubak at math.wisc.edu
Office hours: Mon 2:30-3:30, Tues 3:45-4:45 (after class), or by appointment
Syllabus


Mark these dates!
Exams: Thurs Feb 23 and Thurs Apr 19 (in class)
Final: Tuesday May 15, 2012, 7:45-9:45am, room VV B231 (toward the elevator from our usual room)
***I cannot adjust the date or time of the final for anyone. Please make travel plans accordingly.


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.

Quiz Solutions: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11

Journals: from HW#1, HW#2, HW#3, HW#4, HW#5

Class Materials:
T Jan 24 In Class:
  • Syllabus
  • Flipping Coins: An Introduction to Probability
  • Homework:
  • Finish thinking about the last page of the worksheet. We'll discuss on Thursday.
  • Read the syllabus. You are responsible for this information.
  • 132 Questionnaire (yellow paper)
  • 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.
  • R Jan 26 In Class:
  • Sample Spaces and Equally Likely Outcomes worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Finish thinking about the last page of the worksheet. We'll discuss on Tuesday.
  • T Jan 31 In Class:
  • Finished worksheet from last time
  • Modeling Probabilities worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 1, due Mon 1/31
  • See an example of a teacher solution
  • R Feb 2 In Class:
  • finished Tuesday's worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Remember HW1 due Tuesday!
  • Think about problems 5 & 6 from the board; we'll discuss Tuesday
  • T Feb 7 In Class:
  • More Modeling Probabilities worksheet
  • R Feb 9 In Class:
  • Conditional Probability and Independence worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 2, due next Thursday, 2/16
  • You will need this Probability Games article
  • HW 1 corrections due by 10am Wednesday, 2/15, in the folder outside my office
  • T Feb 14 In Class:
  • Finished last Thursday's worksheet
  • started Expected Value worksheet
  • Homework:
  • HW 2 due Thursday!
  • HW 1 corrections due by 10am Wednesday, 2/15, in the folder outside my office
  • R Feb 16 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Tuesday
  • Using Models with Conditional Probability & Expected Value worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Optional Exam 1 Review Problems
  • Answers to Review Problems. Try them yourself first!
  • T Feb 21 In Class:
  • Worked on Exam 1 Review Problems (see 2/16)
  • Homework:
  • Study! Exam 1 Thursday (in class)
  • HW 2 corrections due Thursday before the exam
  • R Feb 23 EXAM 1
    T Feb 28 In Class:
  • Returned exams, figured out the Monty Hall problem
  • R Mar 1 In Class:
  • started Patterns and Rules worksheet
  • T Mar 6 In Class:
  • continued work on Patterns and Rules worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 3 due 3/15
  • you will need "Psychological Complexity of Equations" and "7 Different Uses of Literal Symbols" articles, pg 4 and 5
  • R Mar 8 In Class:
  • finished Patterns and Rules worksheet
  • T Mar 13 In Class:
  • started Proportional Reasoning worksheet
  • R Mar 15 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Tuesday
  • Proportional Relationships worksheet
  • T Mar 20 In Class:
  • finished last week's worksheet
  • Inversely Proportional Relationships worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 4 due Thurs 3/29
  • You'll need this "Pitfalls of Over-Reliance on Cross-Multiplication" article, and *NOTE* when I mention looking at question #6, I really mean question #7, the problems you wrote yourself.
  • R Mar 22 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Tuesday
  • Homework:
  • Homework 3 corrections due Tuesday
  • Homework 4 due next Thursday 3/29
  • T Mar 27 In Class:
  • Bike Races worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 4 due Thursday
  • R Mar 29 In Class:
  • Linear vs Proportional worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 5 due Thursday after break, 4/12
  • T Apr 10 In Class:
  • finished Linear vs Proportional worksheet
  • started Qualitative Graphs worksheet
  • Homework:
  • Homework 5 due Friday by 3:30pm to the folder outside my door
  • Homework 4 corrections due next Tuesday 4/17
  • Optional Exam 2 Review Problems
  • Exam 2 next Thursday!
  • R Apr 12 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Tuesday
  • Homework:
  • Homework 5 due Friday by 3:30pm to the folder outside my door
  • Homework 4 corrections due next Tuesday 4/17
  • work on Review Problems (see 4/10) for Tuesday. Answers here.
  • T Apr 17 In Class:
  • Review
  • Homework:
  • Exam Thursday!
  • Homework 5 corrections due next Tuesday 4/24
  • R Apr 19 In Class:
  • EXAM 2
  • Homework:
  • Homework 5 corrections due Tuesday 4/24
  • T Apr 24 In Class:
  • Started Data & Stats unit with Measures of Center worksheet
  • R Apr 26 In Class:
  • finished worksheet from Wednesday
  • started Histograms, Stem and Leaf plots, Box and Whisker plots worksheet
  • Homework:
  • last HW!-- Homework 6 due Tuesday 5/8
  • T May 1 In Class:
  • Measures of Spread worksheet
  • Homework:
  • HW#6 due next Tuesday 5/8
  • optional final review questions
  • FINAL exam two weeks from today!
  • R May 3 In Class:
  • Scatterplots
  • T May 8 In Class:
  • Review day for the final (see review problems from 5/1) and answers here
  • Extra credit available here, due at final exam
  • R May 10 Field Trip:
  • see Neil DeGrasse Tyson speak at the Memorial Union
    an interview with Dr Tyson about science eduation: here
  • T May 15 FINAL EXAM, 7:45 AM, room 211 Van Vleck