Mathematics 5900

Spring 2006

Instructor: Kelly A. MacArthur

Class Time and Place: 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesdays at Granite Elementary School

Office Hours: Mondays 10:40 – 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.,
and Fridays 10:40 –11:30 a.m. or by appointment.
Office Location: JWB221
Office Phone Number: 581-6443
E-mail address: macarthur@math.utah.edu

Text: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, by Sybilla Beckmann.
and Navigating Through Algebra* (*either Grades 3-5 or Grades 6-8), by National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics


Grading: The grades will be calculated as follows:
Weekly Homework 15%
Project 1 10%
Project 2 10%
Midterm 1 20%
Midterm 2 20%
Final Exam 25%

Weekly Homework:


Other Policies: Due to experience, I have decided to make some additional
policies regarding my classroom administration and grading.
  1. There will be no retakes of exams. Your score is what you get.
  2. You may make arrangements to take an alternate exam if you talk to me about
    it first and explain the extenuating circumstances that make it necessary. Needing
    to work, babysitting your siblings, oversleeping, or needing more time to study do
    not pass as acceptable reasons to inconvenience me. Getting in a car crash
    or your mother’s death, on the other hand, is sufficient reason to request to
    take an alternate exam. But, it is 100% your responsibility to communicate with me
    as soon as is possible, before the exam occurs. Talking to me after
    the test will be sufficient reason for me to allow you to get a zero on that test.

    I reserve the right to make alternate exams more difficult than the scheduled exam.
  3. I will demand respectful behavior in my classroom. Examples of disrespect
    include reading a newspaper or magazine in class, social chatting with your friend
    in class, text-messaging your buddies during class or cuddling with your girl/boyfriend
    in class. If you choose to be disrespectful during my class, I can guarantee I
    will take action to terminate your disruptive behavior.
  4. There will be no cursing nor negative ranting (for example, “math sucks”)
    on any written work turned in. The penalty for such things on your written work will
    be a zero score on that assignment or test!
  5. You need to have a valid email address registered with Campus Information System.
    I will regularly send emails to the class and expect you to be responsible for
    receiving that information.
  6. If you have crisis-level extenuating circumstances which require flexibility,
    it is completely your responsibility to communicate with me as soon as possible. The
    longer you wait to communicate with me, the less I can do to help.