Tuesday
Nov. 2nd: Select partners and
dates by this class period.
Tuesday
Nov. 11th: Preliminary topic description emailed
(Worth 10 assignment points)
Lesson
Plan due one week before presentation date. (Worth 40% of grade)
Meet with me one week before presentation date.
Within
one day after your presentation also email PowerPoint file if used.
Presentation Dates
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Tuesday 11/30 |
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Student Led
Class |
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Thurs |
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Student Led Class |
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Tues |
|
Student Led Class |
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Thurs |
|
Student Led
Class |
Work
with a group of 2. Prepare a presentation for our class on a mathematical topic
that is of interest to you.
Email to me by Thursday November 11th a preliminary description of what you
plan to do.
The presentation is to be well organized and include audio-visuals as well as
(if appropriate) hands-on experiments or activities for the class.
You will also submit a lesson plan. It
must be typed neatly with perfect spelling and grammar and meet all
requirements (See Lesson Plan Format) It should have appropriate mathematical
depth for a college-level mathematics class, and the mathematics should be
clearly and correctly explained, and well formatted. (Use the equation
editor.).
Each
presentation should take the entire class period. A presentation
lasting less than 60 minutes will receive a grade reduction of 1 % for each
minute short -- i.e. if only 55 minutes -- -5%, if only 50 minutes -- -
10%. (To make sure that this doesn't happen to you
-- have a supplemental exercise or activity that you can use if you are
finishing early.) The presentation should be highly interactive with
activities and exercises as appropriate for class participation.
How do
you find a project topic? Look at some of the ideas for projects at
ends of the sections of our course text. Search the Internet -- there is an amazing amount of activities and
lesson plans you can use for models. There are many links on the web page
for our class. You can borrow some lab manuals from me if you want some
ideas about LabPro-based activities. (However you
should do something creative -- do not just do
the exact lab from a manual). If you need suggestions, see me.)
MTH111
Math as a Human Pursuit Final Project Grade Sheet
Name
________________________
Lesson
Plan (40 pts)
______ / 4 pts. Topic and reference selection
Appropriate topic, good references, appropriate number
of references cited
______/
8 pts.
Organization
Lesson plan well-organized, coherent order.
______ / 20 pts. Content
Important points covered. Each section
of lesson plan meets specifications.
Materials
list, handouts included.
______/
8 pts.
Writing style.
Good style, grammar -- spelling, and punctuation.
Comments:
Class Presentation (60 pts)
_____ / 10 pts.
Good visual aids.
Layout
appropriate for presentation to group .
Used appropriately to enhance presentation.
_____/
10 pts.
Outline, organization.
Clearly well-prepared.
Presentation
outlined to class, coherent order used.
_____/
28 pts.
Content.
Clear explanations, definitions of terms.
Correct
presentation of underlying mathematical theory.
Appropriate
use of interesting examples, exercises and activities for class.
_____/
12 pts.
Demeanor, delivery.
Spoke clearly and effectively and with confidence. Good demeanor and posture.
Engaged class interactively in the presentation.
Comments.