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ItinerarySyllabus/Course Assignments
Introductions/CardsTimeline Activity
Break (10 minutes)
Brief Introduction
Number Systems Groupwork
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Room Information
Tuesdays from 4:10pm-7:00pm
Room C214 Wells Hall
Lab in B100-C Wells Hall
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Assignments
Homework
Will be assigned every week. Willconsist of readings, math
problems,and discussion topics.
Turned in electronically (viaANGEL) or on paper.
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Assignments (Contd)
Biography Project
One time, we will assign you onemathematicians/mathematical
thinkersforyou to write a biography on.
Give a brief presentation at the beginning ofthe next class.
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Assignments (Contd)Group timeline project
We will randomly assign groups of 3-4Each week, one group is
responsible forcreating a timeline of important world
history events for a date range that will beassigned to your
group.
Give a brief presentation at the beginning of
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Assignments (Contd)History of Mathematics Portfolio
Will include activities completed in class,homework assignment
returned back, thebiography assignment you composed, the
timeline assignment your group wrote,reflections done for class,
and a list of sourcesyou find useful for the class.
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Assignments (Contd)
Activities/Participation PointsEvery week we will have
activities to do inclass
Participation points will be earned throughcontributions to
class discussions and theseactivities
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Assignments (Contd)
Final Exam
Tuesday, May 4th from 5:45pm-7:45pm
Will utilize the materials from class andcreate a product, which
will be discussed later.
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Potential Points Breakdown
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PoliciesAttendance
Everyone is allowed 2 excused absences withoutpenalty
Excused means you emailed us with your excusewithin 24 hours of
the class. This is your
responsibility, we will not remind you.
Every unexcused absences, and any absence beyondthe first two
excused will each result in your final
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Policies (Contd)
Late Work
Handwritten work can be turned in by noon the dayafter it is due
without penalty. If you slip it under adoor or in our mailbox, let
us know it is there waiting.
Electronic work can by submited by 11:59pm the dayit is due
without penalty.
Submissions after these grace periods will have theassignment
grade reduced by half.
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Policies (Contd)Academic Honesty - No student shall
claim or submit the academic work of another as ones
own.procure, provide, accept or use any materials containing
questions oranswers to any examination or assignment without
properauthorization.complete or attempt to complete any assignment
or examination foranother individual without proper
authorization.allow any examination or assignment to be completed
for oneself, in
part or in total, by another without proper authorization.alter,
tamper with, appropriate, destroy or otherwise interfere with
theresearch, resources, or other academic work of another
person.fabricate or falsify data or results. ...
Depending on our judgement, you may receive a failing grade for
the
assignment or for the course.
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Text Book
Berlinghoff, W.P. andGouva, F.O. Math throughthe ages: A gentle
historyfor teachers and others.
Farmington, MA: OxtonHouse Publishers; 2002
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~300BC
1680
AD
1202
AD
7thCentury
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The History Problem
We must rely on written records
missing, conflicting, agreeing
Take everything with a grain of salt
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How did math begin?
Before there was mathematics, there wascounting.
Nominal - How many?
Ordinal - What order?
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Artifacts30,000 years old
55 notches in groups
of 5 are cut into wolfbone, first 25 areseparated by adouble
notch.
One-to-onecorrespondence
Base number system
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Written MathematicsEarliest written mathematics is engraved
on
the stone head of the ceremonial mace of theEgyptian King Menes.
(lived about 3,000 BC).
It records a plunder of 400,000 oxen,
1,422,000 goats, and 120,000 prisoners.Civilizations needed a
way of recordingnumbers, including large numbers...
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Number Systems ActivityIn your groups, read the number
system
summary I gave you.Design a poster explaining your numbersystem,
as well as solving a math
problem or two.Make sure every person in your group isable to
explain your number system!
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HomeworkIn Math Through the Ages..., read
Sketch 1 - Keeping Count (WritingWhole Numbers) p. 61-66,
and
Sketch 2 - Reading and WritingArithmetic (Where the Symbols
CameFrom) p. 67-70
Respond to the discussion forum onANGEL
