Math 221 C
The Real Number System and Methods for Elementary Education
Fall 1999

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Projects

You will need to complete five projects this semester. You may choose your projects subject to the following guidelines:
  1. You must do curriculum project 1.
  2. You must do at least one of the other three curriculum projects.
  3. You must do at least one of the reading projects.
Each project will result in some sort of written paper or report. These should be type-written, unless specified otherwise. For parts of some projects, you may find that a chart or a table, or a two (or more) column list helps you present your information; for others, a standard multiple-paragraph paper may be better. Most of these do not need to be particularly long. Try to get to the heart of the matter and state it clearly and succinctly.

Some of the projects are mandatory; for others you may choose from among several options. More options may be added later in the semester, but not necessarily. You may also feel free to suggest an alternate project to replace one of those listed here, but be sure to get it approved by me before doing it.

Here is a table summarizing the projects and their due dates. The assignments for each project are on separate web pages.

Project Mandatory? Work in Pairs? Due date
Curriculum 1: What's New? Yes Yes September 20
Curriculum 2: Problems, Problems, Problems No Yes September 28
Curriculum 3: Whole Number Operations No Yes October 22
Curriculum 4: Division of Fractions No Yes November 15
MCTM conference No No October 19 (note date change)
Reading 1: Research No No November 2
Reading 2: Manipulatives No No November 2
Reading 3: Special Students No No November 23
Reading 4: U.S. vs. Japan No No November 23
Calculator Position Paper No No December 7
Design your own project No No TBA