CIME 558 COURSE INFORMATION Spring 2005

Course Description: Geometry for Math Educators.  3 hours.

Required Materials: Lial, Brown, Steffensen, Johnson.  Essentials of Geometry for College Students, Second Edition. Pearson/Addison-Wesley.  2004.  ISBN 0-201-74882-7

Instructor: Dr. J. Silver

Telephone: 696-3044 (CIME toll free number is 1-800-642-9842 x 3044)

Email: silver@marshall.edu

Homepage: http://users.marshall.edu/~silver

Office: Smith Hall 764

Office Hours: 11:00 – 11:50 MWF and 1:00-1:50 TR  (CIME 558 telephone hours are 3:00-5:30 W.)

Grading Policy: Grades will be figured on a percentage basis with exams, Sketchpad activities, and the semester project counted equally. There will be three exams. Assignments are due each Monday, for the preceding week.  The semester project is due on Monday of exam week.

90 – 100% = A

80 – 89% = B

70 - 79% = C

60 - 69% = D

0 - 59% = F

Semester Project:   Each student must turn in a geometry teaching unit, suitable for middle school students.  This project will be graded according to the rubric posted on the WebCT homepage for this course.

Exams: If you are unable to take an exam due to unavoidable circumstances (e.g. illness, death in the family, accidents), you must contact me prior to the exam time and furnish written verification of the excuse in order to take a make-up test.

Important Dates: Last day to register – Friday, January 14

Last day to drop an individual course – Friday, March 18

Last day to withdraw from the university – Friday, April 29