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Math Content Courses Middlesex Community College

Math Content Courses Middlesex Community College . Getting Started…. Education Compacts Mathematics Workshops (2004) Accuplacer cut off score Topic outlines Emphasis on Math Content Manipulatives. Back at Middlesex….

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Math Content Courses Middlesex Community College

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  1. Math Content Courses Middlesex Community College

  2. Getting Started… • Education Compacts Mathematics Workshops (2004) • Accuplacer cut off score • Topic outlines • Emphasis on Math Content • Manipulatives Carol Hay

  3. Back at Middlesex… • We divided the topics into two 3-credit courses called Elements of Math I and Elements of Math II. These courses are non-sequential. • The Education department changed their programs to require both these courses for the Elementary majors as well as the Early Childhood majors Carol Hay

  4. Text • “A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers” by Billsttein, Libeskind and Lott, 9th edition. • Maniplatives Kit bundled with text • Activities Manual Carol Hay

  5. Topics… Elements I: • Problem Solving • Sets • Whole #’s • Numeration Systems and bases • Integers • Rational #’s Elements II: • 2 and 3-D Shapes • Measurement • Similar Triangles • Motion Geometry • Probability & Stats Carol Hay

  6. Final Project—Elements I Students develop their own Number System Carol Hay

  7. Final project—Elements II Design A Better Cereal Box Carol Hay

  8. Latest Developments… MAC^3 Intitative Math Across the Community College Curriculum Carol Hay

  9. Does Cell Size Count? Science • Gelatin Cube Lab • Diffusion Math • Surface Area of a Cube • Volume of a Cube • Surface Area/VolumeRatio Area of Diffusion Gelatin Cube Carol Hay

  10. Probability and Inheritance Science • Plant Genetics • Alien Genetics Math • Probability Carol Hay

  11. Know Your Trees Science • Dichotomous Key • Plant Identification • Leaf Size • Variation by Location and Species Math • Area using Lattices • Pick’s Theorem Pick's Theorem: An Interactive Activity • Descriptive Statistics • Normal Distribution Carol Hay

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