417 SEO; 413-2149
jbaldwin@math.uic.edu
Class meets 4-7:30 Tuesdays in 304 Taft (or across the hall until they fix the airconditioning)
Preliminary Syllabus:
Requirements:
Grade will be based on performance on these assignments.
Tentative course outline:
Various teaching strategies will be modeled and discussed throughout the course. I expect to modify assignments as we see what problems show up in Math 121. I will be visiting your classes frequently.
week 0: calculator familiarity; analysis of syllabus of math 121; what are the topics and why? Assign diary.
week 1: More on calculator, arc length and trigonometry.
week 2: discuss first weeks experience; turn in diary, philosophy of quizzes. What are t.a. responsibilities?
week 3: Proportional reasoning; reading from Arons, the slope of a line and trigonometry. Discussion of first set of observations
week 4: Know your students: contrasting American and other educational systems
week 5: reading assignment: Atlas in the classroom. discussion of reading assignment group work on precalc activity.
week 6: The four fold way; How should one use the calculator; discussion of second set of observations
week 7: Designing tests: with and without calculators/computers; high school and university conceptions of the notion of function.
week 8: intro to maple (go to lab; do first day of a 210 assignment e.g.) analyze results
week 9: first draft of teaching philosophy statement; talk from someone at 4 year school
week 10: reading from Krantz;
week 11: reading from Halmos? - the reform calculus controversy; discussion of third set of observations.
week 12: Article on effect of different representations of mathematics. second draft of philosophy statement
week 13: techniques of classroom management: lecture, small group work, discussion, activities. What are value of each; what must you do differently in different situations.
week 14: reading from NCTM standards (AMTYC?) compare and contrast
week 15: Summary; evaluation of course.