Section 15, MDH 106, 2:30 - 3:45 MW

Section 13, MDH 106, 4:00 - 5:15 MW

Instructor:

• Dr. Morris W. Brooks
• 301C Willard Hall Building
• 831-6813
• mbrooks@udel.edu
  

Office Hours:

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or by appointment

The required text for Math 251 is Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach, Third Edition, by Musser and Burger. The topics for this course appear in Chapters 1­5 and 8. You should always bring to class a calculator, the textbook, and a notebook.

Hour Exams:

• Exam I, Wednesday, October 9
• Exam II, Wednesday, November 6

Grading: Your course grade will be determined using the following components:

• Tests(2) 200 points
• Quizzes 100 points
• Final Exam 100 points
• Attendance 28 points

The final exam will be comprehensive. Letter grades will be determined using 90%, 80%, 70%, and 60% as general guidelines for A, B, C, and D respectively.

Attendance:

Attendance will be taken at the end of class using a sign-in sheet. Experience has shown that for many students attendance in the classes is essential.

Internet:

Outside of the class meeting, we will be using e-mail as the primary form of communication between the instructor and the class. I will be sending announcements to all members of the class, as well as occasional private communications, using e­mail. This syllabus and problem assignments will be available through the University of Delaware's Web page.

Quizzes:

Approximately 10-12 unannounced quizzes will be given throughout the semester. The lowest two quiz grades will be discarded. You will not be allowed to make up any missed quizzes.

Homework:

The exercises in the text are a good guide for the kinds of problems that will be on the quizzes, the tests and the final exam, but they are not identical. In each class, a list of recommended homework problems will be posted. On most days, solutions to the assigned problems will be presented by students.