MATD 0385 Developing Mathematical Thinking

Mary Parker

MATD 0385
Developing Mathematical Thinking

Homework and daily work:

Day 27. Wed. Nov. 24. Exponential Growth.
Day 26. Mon. Nov. 23. Test on Problem-Solving and Logic Module.
Day 25. Wed. Nov. 18. Exponential Growth, Lessons 3 and 4. Homework to be listed here.
Day 24. Mon. Nov. 16. Exponential Growth, Lesson 2. Homework listed in Day 23 handout.
Day 23: Wed. Nov. 11. Exponential growth from Maricopa book. Also summary of the rest of the semester given in the handout:. day23
Day 22: Mon. Nov. 9. More on problem-solving and logic day22
Homework: pages 76-79: 17-23 all odd-numbered problems Test on Logic: Mon. Nov. 23 in class.
Day 21: Wed. Nov. 4: More on problem-solving and logic.
Homework: pages 68-70: HW: 27, 29, 31, 33, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59
Day 20: Mon. Nov. 2: Handout for Logic Chapter. Homework:
Section 1, pages 48-50: HW: 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31, 33, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53
Section 2. Pages 59-61 HW: 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 62, 64
Important Notice: The make-up test is in the Testing Center from late ~~Monday Nov. 2~~ Wednesday, Nov. 4 through ~~Mon, Nov. 9~~ or Wednesday, Nov. 11 or perhaps later. Don't take it unless you are actually ready for it!
Day 19: Wed. Oct. 28. Problem Solving module, section 2. Homework is on pages 23-25: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25 (and explain), 27 (and explain), 31, 33, 39, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 55, 57
Day 18: Mon. Oct. 26 Problem Solving module, section 1. Homework is on pages 15 and 16: 9, 10, 17, 21, 25, 35, 37, 28, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 59
Wed. Oct. 21 Test
Mon. Oct. 19. TEST on Wed Oct. 21 over Data and Graphs. day16 handout
Wed. Oct. 14. We are going over the homework from Lesson 5. Homework will include Lesson 7 HW, pages 65 and 66, 1, 2all, 3abc, 4abc. AND the attached handout. Notice that the HW from Lesson 7 that I am assigning mostly uses math that we have used in numerous lessons.
Mon. Oct. 12: We did Lesson 6, discussion and Activity 1 . Notice that I did NOT include any specific homework problems from the Data and Graphs module here: day14
Wed Oct 7: Notice that the HW on this sheet doesn't include everything from Module 2, Data and Graphs that I had said I would include on last Monday's handout, but more on Module 1, Systems. day 13 | handout on writing eqns of lines.
Mon. Oct. 5: We discussed Lesson 8, Activity 2 and Lesson 10, pages 185-186 and Activities 1 and 2. This was the last day to discuss Module 2 on Data and Graphs. For the next few class meetings, we will do more on Module 1, Systems. Today's handout includes homework on Module 2, Data and Graphs to be due each day for another week to give students additional practice. Homework for next time: Lesson 8: HW p. 174-178. 2, 3, 5 (including 5g) and Lesson 9 HW p. 184. 5 (all parts of this problem.) day12
Wed. Sept 30. Follow this link: day11
Mon. Sept 28.
Went over homework from Lesson 4. In number 4, we discussed how, for 1997, the height of the stacked bar graph iss 29,000 (approximately. Actually, it is 12,534 + 6941 + 10,237) We also discussed the first two paragraphs under Line Graphs on page 139. We noticed that number 7a requires that you look at the line graph you drew. Then we started Lesson 5. Activity 2, page 146, we estimated the angles (number 4 - answers are about 160 degrees and 200 degrees.) Then we did Activity 3, problems 1-4. Homework: Lesson 5: 1-6 (for problem 6, start with the results from our class: pepperoni 8, sausage 2, green pepper 1, extra cheese 1, barbeque 1.)
(New idea for homework: Turn it in on the day following when it is assigned. Not required as of now, but strongly recommended.)
Wed. Sept 30. Turn in notebook, as usual, with Lessons 1, 3, and 4 homework on one side to grade as usual. If you want, then also turn in Lesson 5 on other side and I will give more detailed feedback.)
Wed. Sept 23. Data and Graphs. We discussed the activities in Lesson 4. .Do homework problems in Lesson 4: 1-11. We also briefly discussed making pie charts from Lesson 5.
Mon. Sept 21. Discussion of Test 1. Data and Graphs, Lessons 1 and 3. We did the activities in both lessons. The full homework assignment from each lesson is assigned.
Wed. Sept 16. Test 1
Mon. Sept 14. Answer questions, reminder about the test, and start the next Module, page 108-111. mday6
Wed. Sept 9. Finish Lesson 4 and look at Test Review mday5
Wed, Sept 2. Summary and starting Lesson 4 mday4
Mon.Aug 31.Writing equations of lines from two points and from a graph. From Lessons 3 and 4. Handout
Wed. Aug 26. Systems, Lessons 2 and 3. Handout | graph at end of page 1 of handout
Monday, Aug. 24: Maricopa text. Systems, Lesson 1. Starting with the story about Lake Victoria.
In class, we did pages 7-9, problems 1 and 2, some of problem 5 and one part each of problems 6, 7, and 8.
For homework, do all the problems on pages 6, 7, 8, and 9. After class each day you should prepare all the homework, which includes problems we did in class, and bring it with you to the next class so that we can go over some of the material in class and you can get help on it.
Each week's work is to be turned in during the following week, at the beginning of class the following Wednesday. So this will be turned in on Wed. Sept. 2.

I am very excited about teaching this course!

This is an alternative course to Intermediate Algebra for students who are going on to one of these college-credit math courses: MATH 1332, College Math; MATH 1333, Math for Measurement; or MATH 1342, Elementary Statistics. In this course we will learn some more applications of some mathematical techniques you have already seen, such as working with linear formulas and equations and systems of equations. We will also cover some techniques you may not have seen before, such as working with exponential formulas. We will also work on extending your skills in problem-solving and logic, and in working with proportions, percentages, data, and tables.

Students who are mandated to take Developmental Math by the TSI rules may satisfy the TSI requirement by taking this course and, when they pass this course with a C or better, will have completed their TSI requirement in math. (Students who pass this course, however, are not ready for MATH 1314, College Algebra, or MATH 1324, Math for Business and Economics. Students who want to prepare for those must take MATD 0390, Intermediate Algebra.

Probably the most important parts of preparing you for these college-level courses are making sure that you have good skills in working with multi-step applied problems and interpreting your results. As we work in all of these parts of this course, we will discuss some practical applications and you will those analysis and interpretation skills on multi-step applied problems. We do know that many students have not developed strong enough skills in this in the early developmental math courses, so please don't feel intimidated about taking MATD 0385. Here's where you're really going to learn to do that!

The prerequisite for the course is MATD 0370, Elementary Algebra.

We are using material from two different books in order to cover the topics we have chosen. We chose the chapters we wanted to cover from two different books and have had the publishers print each of those. So you will need to buy two books, but each is shorter than a full book. We expect that the two of them together will cost about $85. You will need to order your books at the bookstore and then the bookstore will order them from the publishers.

Developing Mathematical Thinking , from the Maricopa Modules from Cengage, ISBN 0547169200. This includes chapters on Systems of Linear Equations, Data and Tables, and Exponential Growth.
P.C.L. Mathematics, by Tom Pirnot from Pearson, ISBN 0558275206. This includes chapters on Problems Solving, and Logic.

We will begin the course with the material from the Maricopa Modules, listed first above and begin using the second booklet, with the material from Pirnot, about halfway through the semester.

Email address: When it is necessary for me to communicate with you by email, I will send mail to your ACC email address (ends in g.austincc.edu).
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