Robert Indik, Math 302, indik@math.arizona.edu
Tina Deemer, Math 209, deemer@math.arizona.edu
Michelle Woodward, Math 213, woodward@math.arizona.edu
 
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Calculator InformationA handy Mac/PC emulator for the TI graphing calculators can be found at WabbitStudioHere are some good examples that you can use in class to help students learn that their calculators are NOT as smart as they might think!
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Assignments:For all written assignments in this class, present your ideas in essay form (paragraphs). Your work should be typed (electronic or paper) and turned in no later than 3pm on the date due, unless specified otherwise. Assignment #1 ~ Due Monday, January 23, 3:00 pm
Assignment #2 ~ Due Monday, January 30, 3:00 pm
Assignment #3 ~ Due Wednesday, February 1, 3:00 pm
Assignment #4 ~ Due Monday, February 13, 3:00 pm
Assignment #5 ~ Due Monday, February 20, 3:00 pmCreate a worksheet that can be used in your class to have students explore a particular concept using a graphing calculator. You should include all graphing calculator directions (your text has many examples of this), and at least one worked out example that includes a graphic. You should create something relevant to linear, quadratic, or polynomial functions, at the level of Math 112. Worksheets should be converted to a pdf file and post it in the Math 597T D2L dropbox for Assignment 5 by Monday, February 20 at 3:00 pm.
Assignment #6 ~ Due Monday, February 27, 3:00 pmComplete your peer observation. (Find out who you are observing.) You will need to set up a day to observe your partner's class, carry out the observation, meet with him or her to provide feedback, and write up a one-page reflection on your experience. Some questions to consider in your write-up are: What did you learn from this experience? Did you observe any particular techniques or strategies that you would like to incorporate in your own class? Was there anything that you observed that has caused you to rethink something that you have been doing in your own teaching? What kind of useful feedback were you able to provide to your partner? What did you learn from the feedback you received on your teaching? Post your writeup in the dropbox on D2L.
Assignment #7 ~ Due Monday, March 19, 3:00 pmGive a mid-semester feedback form to your students by next Wednesday, March 7, and review the results with your teaching supervisor. Please use the sample provided. You may make some edits to this, but we ask that you run those edits by one of the instructors before giving the questionnaire to your students. Write a one-page reflection on the experience of getting mid-semester feedback from your students, and the subsequent meeting with your supervisor. Your reflection should be converted to a pdf file and posted on the Math 597T D2L dropbox for Assignment 7 by Monday, March 19 at 3:00 pm.
Assignment #8 ~ Due Monday, March 26, 3:00 pmRead sections 4.1 and 4.2 in the Math 112 text, and look at the associated workbook pages and MyMathLab homework. Come to class prepared to discuss how you will approach this content with your students.
Assignment #9 ~ Due Monday, April 9, 3:00 pmRead the section entitled "Check for Understanding" from Teach Like a Champion text (posted in D2L). Answer this question and be prepared to discuss: How often and in what ways are you currently checking for understanding in your class?
Assignment #10 ~ Due Monday, April 16, 3:00 pmBased on your reading and our in-class discussion, develop a strategy for checking understanding in your class. Implement the strategy in class. Write a one-page paper on this experience, which includes the following:
Assignment #11 ~ Due Monday, April 30, 3:00 pmWrite a few sentences in response to each of the following questions. This paper should be converted to a pdf document and submitted to the D2L dropbox for Assignment #11 by Monday, April 30 at 3:00 pm.
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