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EDME 4351 Teaching Mathematics in Grades 4-8 Course Syllabus Fall 2013 Instructor: Dr. Jamaal Young Office Location: 218G Matthews Hall Office Phone: (940) 565-4632 Cellphone: (940) 220-4050 Email: Via Blackboard Messages Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:30AM-1:30PM Course Description: Offers candidates a constructivist approach to helping students develop knowledge of mathematics in grades 48. Teaching strategies are presented with developmental activities that are used with middle grade students. Students reflect on what it means to teach mathematics and explore the factors that influence teaching. Course Standards: TEXES for mathematics http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6066&menu_id=2147483671&menu_id2=794 Mathematics Standards: Standard I. Number Concepts: The mathematics teacher understands and uses numbers, number systems and their structure, operations and algorithms, quantitative reasoning, and technology appropriate to teach the statewide curriculum (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills [TEKS]) in order to prepare students to use mathematics. Standard II. Patterns and Algebra: The mathematics teacher understands and uses patterns, relations, functions, algebraic reasoning, analysis, and technology appropriate to teach the statewide curriculum (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills [TEKS]) in order to prepare students to use mathematics. Standard III. Geometry and Measurement: The mathematics teacher understands and uses geometry, spatial reasoning, measurement concepts and principles, and technology appropriate to teach the statewide curriculum (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills [TEKS]) in order to prepare students to use mathematics. Standard IV. Probability and Statistics: The mathematics teacher understands and uses probability and statistics, their applications, and technology appropriate to teach the statewide curriculum (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills [TEKS]) in order to prepare students to use mathematics. Standard V. Mathematical Processes: The mathematics teacher understands and uses mathematical processes to reason mathematically, to solve mathematical problems, to make mathematical connections within and outside of mathematics, and to communicate mathematically. Standard VI. Mathematical Perspectives: The mathematics teacher understands the historical development of mathematical ideas, the interrelationship between society and mathematics, the structure of mathematics, and the evolving nature of mathematics and mathematical knowledge. Standard VII. Mathematical Learning and Instruction: The mathematics teacher understands how children learn and develop mathematical skills, procedures, and concepts, knows typical errors students make, and uses this knowledge to plan, organize, and implement instruction; to meet curriculum goals; and to teach all students to understand and use mathematics. Standard VIII. Mathematical Assessment: The mathematics teacher understands assessment and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques appropriate to the learner on an ongoing basis to monitor and guide instruction and to evaluate and report student progress.

Standard IX. Professional Development: The mathematics teacher understands mathematics teaching as a profession, knows the value and rewards of being a reflective practitioner, and realizes the importance of making a lifelong commitment to professional growth and development.

Required Materials: This course includes key program assessments and requires internet access, TK20, Microsoft office, and Adobe Reader, in addition to the required readings as assigned. Expectations for Students and Assignments: 1. Read all assigned readings. 2. Attend all class meetings and regularly participate in class discussions. Only registered students are permitted to come to class meetings (i.e. No children, friends, relatives, partners, etc.) 3. Complete all assignments, quizzes, and exams on their assigned days. 4. Late assignments ARE NOT accepted. 5. Although many sections of this course are offered, each section is presented, implemented, and evaluated as an individual and separate course. 6. Professional dispositions are important to the overall facilitation and determination of learning. Please see policy statements regarding student conduct. Attendance policies Attendance and participation in this course is expected and will be considered in assigning the course grade. Class will start and end on time, and you are expected to be present throughout. The instructors keep notes based on observations of participation just as you will in your classroom. If you are absent, arrange with a friend or LC member to inform you of the missed material, or meet with Dr. Young during office hours. Official documentation for excused absences must be provided electronically to the professor. Excused absences cannot be pre-planned/anticipated (ex. dentist appointment, planned surgery). No more than two (2) excused absences will accepted. An excused absence will only excuse you from the point deductions listed below, not for the work, activities, and participation of the class meeting. Attendance will be considered in assigning the final course grade: 3 absences = 4 point deduction from final grade; 4 absences = drop one letter grade; 5 or more absences = F in the course NOTE: Late arrival and early voluntary dismissal counts as a absence. There is really no way to make up this learning, and many students depend on the interaction of our meetings for motivation and direction, in addition to the in class participation, which his part of your grade. Attendance will be documented electronically with a QR code bookmark assigned to each student (given on the first class meeting). Students must check-in prior to the start of class to be marked Present, otherwise you will be marked as Late Excused or Absent. If you forget your bookmark, you will have to wait until after the class meeting that day to be manually marked present. If you lose your bookmark, you will need to meet with instructor during office hour to have a new one generated. Grading Policies: Grades for each assignment/test are generally reported to the students within two weeks of the submitted work. An ongoing, calculated method of reporting grades to students is established and followed throughout the semester. If a student is failing the course due to failures on assignments/tests, the student will be required to attend a conference with the instructor to discuss the situation and reasoning. *Extra work for extra credit will not be given as a solution. If, following the conference, the student continues to fail, the instructor will report the failure to the PDS office and office of the associate chair for undergraduate programs in TE&A. Any course grade below 70 will result in failure to continue as a student teacher in the semester following this course.

Grading Scale: University grades range in 10-point increments: Grades will not be rounded at the end of the semester A = 90-100 B = 80-89.99 C = 70-79.99 D = 60-69.99 F = 59.99-0 Assignments: Assignments Points Syllabus Scavenger Hunt 25 Plagiarism Certificate 25 Reading Reflections 200 Content Check Points 150 CRAM SESSIONS (8 total) 500 Final Exam 100 TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS 1000 Grades for each assignment are determined by the instructor, and shared with students prior to the assignment. Grades for each assignment/test are reported to the students within two weeks of the submitted work. An ongoing, calculated method of reporting grades to students is established and followed throughout the semester. If a student is failing the course due to failures on assignments/tests, the student will be required to attend a conference with the instructor to discuss the situation and reasoning. *Extra work for extra credit will not be given as a solution. If, following the conference, the student continues to fail, the instructor will report the course failure to both the PDS office and office of the associate chair for undergraduate programs in Teacher Education and Administration. * Any course grade below 70 will result in failure to continue as a student teacher in the semester following this course. Participation: Students are expected to attend all classes, on time, and to stay for the duration of all classes. Make up work will not be given for any (University unexcused) absence. Students are expected to participate in all activities presented during class, whether in the classroom, outside the room, or off campus. This course utilizes the flipped classroom model. Thus, traditional lectures are presented in an online interactive module form. The student is responsible for reading the required chapter(s) before class, and reviewing the lectures after class for clarification. Students are expected to work with all other students in the class. Communication: ALL Communication for this course should be transmitted through the Blackboard course management system. Please reframe from using my UNT email for course related communication. Students who have questions about assignments, submissions, class situations, and/or personal issues, should communicate electronically and/or set up a meeting, during the instructors office hours, to discuss concerns. All communication should be handled in a positive, professional manner, whether with the instructor, other students, and/or administrators.

Description of Major Assignments: Name Description Syllabus The syllabus scavenger hunt is an online assessment of your Scavenger comprehension of the procedures, policies, and assignments for this Hunt course. You have unlimited attempts on this assignment up until the assignment due presented in Blackboard. This assignment is worth 25 points and is scored in the traditional assessment manner (ratio of right to wrong responses). Plagiarism The Plagiarism Certificate is an assessment of you knowledge of the Certificate many facets of plagiarism. To complete this assignment you are required to submit a certificate that you will receive after completed the online module. More details are provided in the Plagiarism Quiz assignment tab. This assignment is worth 25 points. Reading Reading reflections are guiding questions to support your comprehension Reflections of the material presented in the assigned readings each week. These reflections are due the Thursday before each class meeting. Each reading reflection is graded on the following rubric: Fair incomplete response (5 points) Acceptable Complete yet non-substantive (10 points) Good Complete response, but lacks significant clarity and substantiation (20 points) Excellent - Complete response that is clear and well substantiated (25 points) Content The content checkpoints are designed to assess your 6-8 mathematics Check Points competency. These assessments begin on week 2 of the course, which should give each pre-service teacher adequate time to review and remediate any areas of weakness in their content knowledge. Pre-service teachers are expected to recall the mathematics content present in MATH 4350 and Math 4351. Thus, a formal review of the mathematics content will NOT be provided in this course. Nonetheless, mathematics content knowledge is essential to the development of sound mathematics pedagogical skills. Eight total checkpoints are given in the course, each checkpoint is worth 50 points for a total of 150 points. CRAM Concretely Representing Abstract Mathematics (CRAM) Sessions Sessions Thursday class sessions will take place at Calhoun Middle school for weeks six through eight (3:30-4:50 PM). Each LC is responsible for the creation and delivery of either a 6th, 7th, 8th or Algebra lesson to a group of students at Calhoun Middle School. Each Lesson is worth 50 points. Each LC will create and deliver 8 Lessons. The remaining 100 points will come from your reflective analysis of student results. Further DETAILS TBA Final Exam The final exam is a summative assessment of your knowledge gained in EDEE 4350. This assessment is completed in class during the scheduled final exam date. A formal review will NOT be provided for the final exam, but you are encourage to revisit the online lectures, reading assessments, quizzes, homework, and classroom activities before the exam. ALL course materials and interactions are possible assessment items on the exam. Thus, participation and attendance are strongly recommended.