Math
210
Spring 2010
Instructor: Mary Rosen
Office: 408 Santa Susana Hall
(formerly: Faculty Office Building)
Email: mary.rosen@csun.edu
Phone: 818 677-7791
Website: www.csun.edu/~hcmth045
Office hours: to be announced
Goals: Math 210 is devoted to
elementary school mathematics. The main goal is to enable you to gain
a solid
knowledge of arithmetic and number systems. Additional goals of the
course are to teach
you: (i) how to present the material in the
simplest,
clearest way, (ii) the appropriate sequential order for developing
mathematics
skills, (iii) what elementary school students will find difficult and
what errors
they
are likely to make, and (iv) how each topic helps advance the
mathematical level
of the students.
Textbooks:
- Primary
Mathematics
textbooks (U.S. Edition) —
Primary Mathematics 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A and Workbook 5A. Students using
this
elementary school curriculum were tested as the best in the world. We
will do
many problems from these books.
These books will also be useful
after you begin your teaching career.
Dates of Exams
(Dates will be posted
here)
Tutoring
Free tutoring for Math 210 students is available in
the Math Tutoring
Center in Live Oak, starting the second week of semester, during
the following
times:
| M,T,W,Th |
10:00-5:30 |
|
F |
10:00-3:00 |
| Sat |
11:00-2:00 |
Final Exam Practice Problems
Some References and Tools
"High
Achievement in Mathematics: Lessons from Three Los Angeles Elementary
Schools"
Student
Practice
Problems for grades 1 to 8 (Algebra I) California Math Standards
Solving Algebra and Other Story
Problems with Simple Diagrams: a Method Demonstrated in
Grade 4–6 Texts Used in Singapore by Sybilla Beckmann
Integer
Arithmetic An alternative to the development of integer
arithmetic in Chapter 8 of Elementary Mathematics for Teachers
Overhead
Slides
from The
Winning Equation An inservice program for Grade 4-7 teachers
Student behavior, academic dishonesty,
university policies:
Please arrive on time and avoid leaving early. No text
messaging. Cell phones should be turned off during class.
Please be aware of the University's Student Conduct Code available at:
http://www.csun.edu/a&r/soc/studentconduct.html
Homework Assignments and
Solutions:
General instructions: Avoid
unnecessary writing. Make your answers short and clear. When
appropriate, use the "list format," described in problem 2c on page 13
of the textbook.
Assignments
Week 1
Carefully read the
preface and "About the Textbook" pages iii to x.
Read Sect. 1.1, and do Problems 1-8
Read Sect. 1.2, and do Problems 1-6
Read Section 1.3, and do Problems 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
For more help with Roman numerals, use this Roman Numeral
Calculator
For help
with Egyption numerals click here: http://www.discoveringegypt.com/numbers.htm
For help with Problem 6 in Sect. 1.2, see this Introduction to Base 5, which
includes the solution.
Solutions to homework
problems:
Section 1.1 solutions
Section 1.2 solutions
Section 1.3 solutions
Week 2
Read
Section 1.4, and do Problems 2a, 3, 4, 5, 7
Read Section 1.5,
and do Problems 1a, 2cd, 3a, 4, 6, 7a, 8, 9
Read Section 1.6, and do Problems 1, 3abc, 4, 5, 6
Read Section 1.7 carefully
Solutions to homework
problems:
Section
1.4 solutions
Section 1.5 solutions
Section 1.6
solutions
Week 3
Read Section 2.1, and do Problems 1-5
Read Section 2.2, and do Problems 1, 2, 4
Read Section
2.3, and do Problems 2b, 4, 5
Solutions to homework
problems:
Section 2.1
solutions
Section 2.2
solutions
Section 2.3
solutions
Week 4
Read pages 57 to 62, Section 3.1 and do Problems 2, 4ab, 5
Read Section 3.2, and do Problems 1, 2, 3, 5a, 7
Read Section 3.3, and do Problems 5, 6
Read Section 3.4,
and do Problems 4-7
Read Section 3.5, and
do Problems 3-6
Solutions to homework
problems:
Section 3.1
solutions
Section 3.2
solutions
Section
3.3 solutions
Section 3.4
solutions
Section 3.5
solutions
Week 5
Read Section 3.6, and do Problems 1d, 2ad, 3, 4
Section 4.1, and do Problems 5, 6, 7, 8, 9c, 10
Section 4.2, and do Problems 7ab, 8, 9, 11
Solutions to homework
problems:
Section 3.6
solutions
Section 4.1
solutions
Section 4.2
solutions
Week 6
Read "Solving
Algebra and Other Problems with
Simple Diagrams..." by Sybilla Beckmann
Section 4.3, and do
Problems 1, 2, 3, 4abc, 5ab, 6, 7, 8ab, 10
Section 5.1, Problems 4 - 7
Section 5.2, Problems
1, 3, 4
Section 5.3, Problems 1ab, 2, 3, 4, 5
Solutions to homework
problems:
Section
4.3 solutions