KSU/PDS Partnership Project
Mathematics Group

 
Teaching Standard Course or Field Experience designed to meet the standard Example of Performance Assessment Procedure
         
         
K1:  The educator understands the concepts and relationships in number systems and the uses that are made of real numbers in everyday life. MATH 100, College Algebra    Homework, Quizzes, Exams
 
 
MATH 320, Math for Elementary School Teachers    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
  EDEL 473, Math Methods    
  STAT 320,  Elements of Statistics    
K2:  The educator understands ways data can be displayed and described, including the use of measures of central tendency and variation, fundamental concepts of experimental and theoretical probability, and uses of statistics and probability in everyday life. MATH 160 Students will make  box plots with 5-number summaries for collections of data such as exam scores;  calculate probabilites in lotteries and card games; understand margins of errors and confidence intervals from data reported in the news.  Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Group Projects
  STAT 320    
       
       
K3:  The educator understands the appropriate use of various types of reasoning, including inductive, deductive, spatial and proportional and recognizes both valid and invalid forms of reasoning. MATH 320    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
  STAT 320    
        
       
K4:  The educator understands both metric and customary measurement and fundamental geometric concepts including shapes and their properties and relationships. MATH 100    Homework, Quizzes, Exams
  MATH 160 Students will investigate the various places in nature where the Golden Ratio arises, and its connection with the Fibonacci sequence.  Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Group Projects
  MATH 320    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
       
       
       
K5: The educator knows how mathematics is used to model and solve everyday life problems and to communicate about everyday life. MATH 100
 
   Homework, Quizzes, Exams
  MATH 160
 
Students will use a variety of algorithms for scheduling a collection of tasks, such as constructing a new house.  Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Group Projects
  MATH 320    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
       
       
P1: The educator solves problems using different strategies, verifies and interprets results and generalizes solutions. MATH 160 Students study and compare different voting methods that can be used in a democracy.  Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Group Projects
  MATH 320
 
   Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
       
       
       
P2: The educator summarizes, represents and interprets data in various forms, including graphical, tabular and statistical. MATH 160 Students use graphing calculators to make histograms, box-plots and linear regression lines for data.  Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Group Projects
       
       
       
P3: The educator performs basic operations with real numbers in various modes using paper and pencil, using mental calculations, and using a calculator; estimates the answer to a calculation; and judges the reasonableness of a numerical solution to a problem. MATH 320    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
       
       
       
P4: The educator analyzes both valid and invalid forms of reasoning and uses various types of valid reasoning to make and refine conjectures and construct logical arguments. MATH 320    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects
       
       
       
P5: The educator constructs symbolic representations of real-world problems and manipulates these to solve such problems. MATH 100  Homework, Quizzes, Exams
  MATH 160  Students will use graph theory to analyze problems involving routing and scheduling.  Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Group Projects
       
       
P6: The educator communicates with others about mathematical concepts, processes, and symbols. MATH 320    Homework, Quizzes, Exams, Chapter Review Cards, Reading Journal,  Group  Projects