History of Mathematics for Teachers of Grades 6-12

Campus Pipeline To access WebCT (bulletin board and grades)

Date

CLASSWORK AND HOMEWORK
Work is due at the beginning of class unless otherwise noted!

August 27 - Tues

Classwork Registration Discuss scheduling of course and food Fill out information sheet History Quiz What history have you covered in your own classroom? Project Mathematics' Early History of Mathematics Video Lab 1 (Go over main class web page and syllabus Intro to web searching and search for incorporating the history of mathematics into school classrooms) Who? How? What? A Strategy for Using History to Teach Mathematics reading Dodge Ball Game
Homework for August 3 Reading from Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others by Fernando Gouvea and William Berlinghoff Outside of class, use the instructions from Lab 1 in order to go to the main web page. Then click on the syllabus links, and from there, access the links on NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics and Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Print out 1 page from one of the links (to turn in).