Meets: MWF 9:00-9:50 in Curry 211.
Also meets: Tuesdays 10-10:50 in GAB
473. Students will be divided into three groups and are responsible for coming
every third Tuesday, starting September 2. You are welcome to come on Tuesdays
even if you’re not presenting that day.
Instructor: Professor John Quintanilla
Office: GAB, Room 418-D
Office Phone: x4043
E-mail: jquintanilla@unt.edu
Web page: http://www.math.unt.edu/~johnq/Courses/2014spring/4050/
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-1, Thursdays 10-12, or by appointment. I'm fairly easy to find, and you're welcome to drop by outside of office hours without an appointment. However, there will be occasions when I'll be busy, and I may ask you to wait or come back later.
Required Text: Mathematics for Secondary School Teachers, by E. G. Bremigan, R. J. Bremigan, and J. D. Lorch. Course topics are chosen to ensure all TNT math majors are exposed to the topics listed in the program standards for initial preparation of secondary mathematics published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Course topics are also chosen to ensure that your future students are prepared for the mathematics portion of the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards.
Strongly Recommended: Lecture notes for the semester can be purchased from the Eagle Images Print Center for approximately $10. The Eagle Images Print Center is in room 124 of the University Service Building (USB), which located near the Fouts Field Parking Lot. This is not a convenient location, but offering them for sale elsewhere would increased the price of the lecture notes significantly. The Mean Green (stop 7 on the map above) and Campus Cruiser shuttles both stop at USB. You should enter through the north door (that is, the door that isn’t facing Fouts Field) to easily get to the Print Center.
Prerequisite: Math 3000. See http://meangreenmath.com/2013/10/27/all-i-want-to-be-is-a-high-school-math-teacher-why-do-i-have-to-take-real-analysis/.
For Your Information: Dates and other information about the practice state certification exam may be found at http://www.coe.unt.edu/texes. Other good (and free) resources for preparing for the state certification exam are T-CERT and http://www.online.math.uh.edu/texes4to8/. Information about the real TExES Mathematics 8-12 certification exam can be found by following the link.
The
following chapters and sections of the textbook will be covered according to
the projected schedule below. Dates may change as events warrant.
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/09/15/formula-for-a-finite-geometric-series-part-8/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/16/calculator-errors-when-close-isnt-close-enough-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/17/calculator-errors-when-close-isnt-close-enough-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/01/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/02/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/06/24/divisibility-tricks/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/06/24/more-on-divisibility/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/18/thoughts-on-17-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/19/thoughts-on-17-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/20/thoughts-on-17-part-3/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/21/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-4/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/22/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-5/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/23/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-6/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/24/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-7/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/25/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-8/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/26/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-9/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/27/thoughts-on-17-and-other-rational-numbers-part-10/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/09/01/why-does-0-999-1-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/09/02/why-does-0-999-1-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/09/03/why-does-0-999-1-part-3/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/09/04/why-does-0-999-1-part-4/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/09/05/why-does-0-999-1-part-5/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/27/why-does-x0-1-and-x-n-1xn-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/28/why-does-x0-1-and-x-n-1xn/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/17/why-does-0-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/18/why-does-0-1-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/01/reminding-students-about-taylor-series-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/02/reminding-students-about-taylor-series-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/03/giving-students-a-refresher-about-taylor-series-part-3/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/04/giving-students-a-refresher-about-taylor-series-part-4/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/05/reminding-students-about-taylor-series-part-5/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/07/06/reminding-students-about-taylor-series-part-6/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/03/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-3/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/04/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-4/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/05/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-5/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/06/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-6/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/07/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-7/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/08/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-8/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/09/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-9/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/10/square-roots-without-a-calculator-part-10/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/08/11/square-roots-with-a-calculator-part-11/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/01/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/02/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/03/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-3/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/04/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-4/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/05/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-5/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/06/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-6/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/07/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-7/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/08/different-definitions-of-logarithm-part-8/
http://meangreenmath.com/2013/06/07/entrance-exam-at-mit/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/08/09/different-definitions-of-e-part-1-discrete-compound-interest/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/19/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-1/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/20/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/21/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-3/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/22/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-4/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/23/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-5/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/24/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-6/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/25/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-7/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/26/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-8/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/27/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-9/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/28/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-10/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/29/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-11/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/06/30/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-12/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/01/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-13/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/02/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-14/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/03/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-15-2/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/04/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-16/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/05/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-15/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/06/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-18/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/07/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-19/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/08/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-20/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/09/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-21/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/10/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-22/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/11/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-23/
http://meangreenmath.com/2014/07/12/calculators-and-complex-numbers-part-24/
August 25: 8.1.6 |
August
27: 8.1.1 |
August
29: 8.1.2 |
September
1: HOLIDAY |
September
3: 8.1.3 |
September
5: 8.1.4 |
September
8: 8.1.5 |
September
10: 8.1.5,
8.2.3 |
September
12: 8.2.3 |
September
15: 8.3.1 |
September
17: 8.4.1 |
September
19: 8.4.2 |
September
22: 8.4.3 |
September
24: 8.4.3 |
September
26: Exam
#1 |
September
29: 7.6.2 |
October
1: 7.6.2,
12.4.2 |
October
3: 12.4.2,
12.5.2 |
October
6: 12.5.2,
12.2.2 |
October
8: 12.2.2 |
October
10: 12.4.2 |
October
13:
12.4.2, 12.2.1 |
October
15: 12.2.1 |
October
17: 12.4.1 |
October
20:
Graphing polynomials and rational functions |
October
22: Review
of Taylor series |
October
24: Exam
#2 |
October
27: 8.5.1 |
October
29: 8.5.1,
10.4.2 |
October
31: 9.1,
9.2 |
November
3: 9.3.2 |
November
5: 9.4.1 |
November
7: 9.5.1 |
November
10: 10.1.1 |
November
12: 10.2.1 |
November
14: 10.3.1 |
November
17: 10.3.2 |
November
19:
10.2.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.4.1 |
November
21: Exam
#3 |
November
24: 4.5.3,
7.6.4 |
November
26: 11.2.1 |
November
28:
HOLIDAY |
December
1: 11.2,
11.3 |
December
3: 11.4 |
December 5: 11.5 |
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December
10: Final:
8:00-10:00 |
The following schedule is tentative and is subject to capricious changes in case of extracurricular events deemed sufficiently important to the upper administration.
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Cooperation is encouraged in doing the homework assignments. However, cheating will not be tolerated on the exams. If you are caught cheating, you will be subject to any penalty the instructor deems appropriate, up to and including an automatic F for the course.
Attendance is not required for this class. However, you will be responsible for everything that I cover in class, even if you are absent. It is my experience that students who skip class frequently make poorer grades than students who attend class regularly. You should consider this if you don't think you'll be able to wake up in time for class consistently.
The grade of "I" is designed for students who are unable to complete work in a course but who are currently passing the course. The guidelines are clearly spelled out in the Student Handbook. Before you ask, you should read these requirements.
· The University of North Texas makes reasonable academic accommodation for students with disabilities. Students seeking accommodation must first register with the Office of Disability Accommodation (ODA) to verify their eligibility. If a disability is verified, the ODA will provide you with an accommodation letter to be delivered to faculty to begin a private discussion regarding your specific needs in a course. You may request accommodations at any time, however, ODA notices of accommodation should be provided as early as possible in the semester to avoid any delay in implementation. Note that students must obtain a new letter of accommodation for every semester and must meet with each faculty member prior to implementation in each class. For additional information see the Office of Disability Accommodation website at http://www.unt.edu/oda. You may also contact them by phone at 940.565.4323.