Professor: Jeff Johannes
Section 1 MW 3:30 -
5:10p South 233
Office: South
326A
Telephone: 245-5403
Office Hours Open Classroom Time with Jeff:
Monday 2:30 - 3:20p (South 328), Tuesday 10:30 - 11:20a (Fraser
116), Wednesday 2:30 - 3:20p (South 328), Thursday 11:30a - 12:30p
(South 328) and 8-9p (South 336).
Email Address: Johannes@Geneseo.edu
Web-page: http://www.geneseo.edu/~johannes
Course Materials
Readings and other resources will be linked here
or at the course-page (linked at the top here).
Purposes
This course, which is intended for the elementary
mathematics concentrator, is an opportunity to focus deeply on
elementary mathematics content, pedagogy, and a view across
grade-levels and across disciplines in the elementary
curriculum. It will be a wonderful opportunity for us to focus
deeply on mathematics in the elementary curriculum.
Course Outcomes
1 Develop advanced knowledge
and an understanding of the relevance and application of mathematics
topics to the school mathematics curriculum.
2 Integrate mathematical
problem solving and applications into a variety of teaching
situations.
3 Use technology to support the
teaching and learning process in the elementary mathematics
program.
4 Demonstrate an understanding
of and ability to use the New York State Learning Standards and
Resource Guides for Mathematics, Science and Technology, as well as
other guiding documents (e.g., National Science Education
Standards—NSES and the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics
[NCTM] Standards) for teaching.
5 Explore the
interconnectedness between mathematics and other disciplines.
6 Plan, implement and evaluate
school-wide mathematics programs at the early childhood and
childhood levels.
7 Develop techniques to support
the instruction, remediation, and enlightenment of early childhood
and childhood students within both the classroom and home
environments.
8 Evaluate existing materials
for use in formal and informal assessment systems.
9 Develop assessments suitable
for evaluating the acquisition of skills using inquiry-based process
objectives.
Grading
Your grade in this course will be based on four
large components: participation and preparation in our daily
activities (3/10), two mid-semester projects (1/5 each), and a final
professional development project (3/10).
Participation and Preparation
You are preparing to enter a profession where
good attendance is crucial and expected. It is important that
you make every attempt to attend class, since active involvement is
an integral part of this course. If you are prepared, present
and involved in class you will receive one participation point that
day. If you also participate to the class as a whole (answer a
question, present a solution, ask an insightful question or offer
important relevant commentary) you will receive two participation
points for that day. If you are not involved or not prepared,
you will receive no points for that day. Working each day and
never speaking in class will earn 80%. Speaking every day on
which there is an opportunity to speak will earn 105%. Scores
between will be scaled linearly. If the entire class
participates regularly, I will cease to record participation.
There are six of you. Be prepared and interact every
day. If you cannot be present due to some unavoidable
situation, send me something in writing, or even better in video, to
represent your interaction for that day.
Projects
You will complete two projects during the
semester, and one final project. For the first project you
have two options. Three students will complete each
option. First selections will be honoured. If all
three of one type are used up, the remaining students will do the
other type. For the final project, you will be running a
30-minute professional development session for your classmates
(and me).
First Project
Design and deliver a digitally interactive lesson using a
platform commonly used in elementary mathematics instruction.
Explore how a core math concept develops and is scaffolded
across the K–6 continuum, highlighting developmental shifts
and pedagogical implications.
Second Project
Design a lesson or unit that connects math meaningfully to
another core subject (science, ELA, social studies, or the
arts).
Use real or simulated student data to identify instructional
needs and plan cohesive math support across grade levels.
Final Project
Create a professional development session on a key math topic
or strategy, aimed at your future teacher colleagues.
Opening Meeting
Students will earn one extra
point on the first project by visiting office hours during the
first two weeks of classes, i.e. no later than 9 September.
Plagiarism
In a class for dedicated and exemplary teachers,
it should go without saying that the work you present as your own
needs to be your own, not someone else's, or an artificial
compilation of others' work. Claiming others' work as your own
will result in reporting to the college and the school of education
for a violation of academic integrity. Grade consequences may
be as serious as immediately failing the entire course. Let's
not deal with that. Please.
Key Assignments
For any who know what key assignments are
(you're a step ahead of me), there are none in this class.
Feedback
Occasionally you will be given anonymous feedback
forms. Please use them to share any thoughts or concerns for
how the course is running. Remember, the sooner you tell me
your concerns, the more I can do about them. I have also
created a web-site
which
accepts anonymous comments. If we have not yet discussed
this in class, please encourage me to create a class code.
This site may also be accessed via our
course page on a link entitled anonymous
feedback. Of course, you are always welcome to approach
me outside of class to discuss these issues as well.
Accessibility Accommodations
SUNY Geneseo is dedicated to providing an
equitable and inclusive educational experience for all students. The
Office of Accessibility (OAS) will coordinate reasonable
accommodations for persons with disabilities to ensure equal access
to academic programs, activities, and services at Geneseo.
Students with approved accommodations may submit a semester
request to renew their academic accommodations. More
information on the process for requesting
academic accommodations is on the OAS website. If you
have questions, please contact the OAS by email, phone, or
in-person: Office of
Accessibility Services
, Erwin Hall 22
, 585-245-5112,
access@geneseo.edu.
Religious Holidays
It is my policy to give students who miss class
because of observance of religious holidays the opportunity to make
up missed work. You are responsible for notifying me no later
than 10 September of plans to observe the holiday.
Schedule (subject to change)
Date
Topic
August 25 Introduction, rational problems, just
so stories
27
Come prepared to present one of the Illustrations,
Read and be prepared to discuss: WhyMath, Specialists, What We Know
September 3 Dennis Showers. Reading: Problem Solving, Six
Tips
8
misused mathematics
examples. reading for the first project topics: online, vertical,
and for final project.
10
First Project topics due. Come
prepared to present a
missing illustration. Some reading about calculators and tech,
AI (in two parts), and
how to balance.
15
Katie Wryk
17
Final PD project topic
due. Division day one. Whole number and history and a
pope.
22
24
Mandi
Smalley
29
First Project Presentations
October 1 reading for the second project topics:
interdisciplinary, data analysis
6
Second Project
Topic due
8
Scott Schaefer
15
Reminder here to talk about history of math.ed (Chapter 4),
and then Alcuin's
problems.
20
Laura Cafarella
22
27
29
Second Project Presentations
November 3 Sasha Guido
5
7
AMTNYS in Rochester
10
12
17
Betsy Peterson
19
24
Maria LaRotonda
December 1
3
8
Thursday, December 11 PD festival 3:30 - 6:50p