Instructor's
Resources for Math 1011Q
Table of
Contents
Part I : Teaching Suggestions
Teaching
Tips for Working With Groups
Acknowledgments
What is Group Work?
What are the benefits of Group Work?
Getting
Started
How to Grade?
Potential Problems and Possible Solutions
What Should You Do While Your Class Works in Groups?
Optimal Time For Group Work
Team
Performance
Agreement
Recommended Grading Scale
Sample Course Information and Syllabus
handout for the first day of classes
(Word file -- may be modified to fit your needs)
Part II : Group
Projects, Handouts, Exam Samples
Chapter 1.
Number Sense and Meaning of Formulas
Group
Projects:
Are Irrationals
Rational? (from: Instructor's Resource Manual,
page 414, slightly modified)
Calculate
Your BMI
Analyze Newspaper Circulation (in: Textbook, page 40)
Handouts:
Fraction Rules
The
Conversion Rectangle Trick
Teaching Fun:
Cartoon: What Is It Good For?
Chapter 2.
Linear Equations and Inequalities in
One Variable
Group
Projects: Algebraic
Poetry: Lilavati's Swarm
Algebraic Poetry:
How Old Is The Rose-Red City?
Calculate Your
Income
Handouts:
Linear
Equations and Inequalities
Teaching Fun:
Trust
Your Brain Power
Exam
1. Material and Sample
Material
and Suggestions for Review
Exercises
Sample: Exam 1 with Solutions
(hard exam requiring generous grading)
Chapter 3.
Functions, Graphs and Lines
Group
Projects:
Three Swimmers (from: Instructor's
Resource Manual, page 421, slightly modified)
Cigarette Ads (from: Instructor's
Resource Manual, page 422, slightly modified)
Life Expectancy (from: Instructor's
Resource Manual, page 423, slightly modified)
Hurricane
Season
( and the Tracking
Chart)
Handouts:
Lines
Teaching Fun:
Happy Graphs
Chapter 4.
Two Linear Equations
With Two Unknowns
Group Projects:
Which Honda Should You
Buy?
Photos of All Sizes (from:
Instructor's Resource Manual, page 426, slightly modified)
Tacos Anyone? (Group Project on Three
Equations with Three
Unknowns)
Handouts:
A
System of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables
Exam
2. Material and Sample
Material
and Suggestions for Review
Exercises
Sample: Exam 2 with
Solutions
(hard exam requiring generous grading)
Chapter 5.
Polynomials
Group Projests:
Very Large and
Very Small Numbers (from: Instructor's Resource Manual,
page
427, slightly modified)
The Largest Box
Factoring
Polynomials Completely (from: Instructor's Resource Manual, page
429, slightly modified)
Free Falling From Bridges
Handouts:
Rules
of Exponents
Roots and
Factorization of Trinomials
Teaching
Fun:
The
Quadratic Formua Rap
Chapter 6.
Rational Expressions
Group Projects:
Calculate
Your Areas (from: Instructor's Resource Manual, page A-15, slightly
modified)
Calculate
Your
Lottery Winning
Handouts:
Fraction Rules
Exam
3. Material and Sample
Material
and Suggestions for Review
Exercises
Sample: Exam 3 with
Solutions
(hard exam requiring generous grading)
Chapter 7. Radical
Expressions
Group Projects:
Run Fido, Run!
Skid Marks (from: Instructor's Resource
Manual, page 433, slightly modified)
Handouts:
Radicals
Teaching
Fun:
You May Be Right, Pythagoras
Find x
Chapter 9.
Exponential
and
Logarithmic Functions
Group Projects:
The Black Bear Population
(from: Instructor's Resource Manual, page 436, slightly modified)
Puzzled by Logs?
How Long It Takes To Double Your Money? (pdf file coming soon)
Handouts:
Exponential
and Logarithmic Functions
Teaching Fun:
Top 10 Math Teacher Log Expressions
Anagrams
Final Exam.
Material and Sample
Material
and Suggestions for Review
Exercises
Sample: Final Exam with
Solutions
(hard exam requiring generous grading)
This collection of
Group Projects and Handouts is "under
construction". Come back often to see what
was added and what has been
changed. If you use any of
this material in your classroom I
would
greatly appreciate feedback.
e-mail me: glaz@math.uconn.edux
(click on link and remove end x).
©2004-2008
by Sarah Glaz