Geometry for teachers
Course 7412647 Section 01, Spring 2023
Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:50, Wednesdays 17:00 - 17:50, Room: E1-1 #136
Chungbuk National University
Instructor: Dr. Byungdo Park Email: 
Office Hours: Tuesdays 18:00--18:50 at E1-1 Room 110.
Syllabus: PDF
Announcements
2023-06-15: Letter grades have been submitted. Enjoy your summer break.
2023-05-28: Final exam announcement The detail has been posted below.
2023-05-28: The announcement of the dispute procedure (2023.05.20.) has been updated. See the link therein.
2023-05-25: The announcement of the dispute procedure (2023.05.20.) has been updated. See the link therein.
2023-05-24: Click this link to book a meeting to set up an appointment for looking at your graded 2nd midterm exam papers.
2023-05-20: Announcements The last day to dispute your grade details and relevant information are here.
2023-05-20:Homework #9 has been posted below.
2023-05-20:Homework #8 has been posted below.
2023-05-13: The 2nd midterm exam announcement The detail has been posted below.
2023-05-10: A good online source to learn about the geometric meaning of eccentricity is here.
2023-05-10:Homework #7 has been posted below.
2023-05-10:Homework #6 has been posted below.
2023-05-02: Please see the change of class schedule we have discussed and agreed today in class: PDF.
2023-04-15: Homework #5 has been posted below.
2023-03-30: The 1st midterm exam announcement The detail has been posted below.
2023-03-26: Homework #4 has been posted below.
2023-03-26: Homework #3 has been posted below.
2023-03-20: Announcements The class will go online on March 28th 11:00--11:50. We still meet on the 28th 10:00 in classroom. Please read email announcements.
2023-03-20: Homework #2 has been posted below.
2023-03-10: Homework #1 has been posted below.
2023-03-01: Announcements Please see the standard operation procedures for an absentism due to SARS-CoV-2. PDF
2023-03-01: Lecture notes will be made available on CBNU eCampus hopefully by the weekend of each class meeting.
2023-03-01: Welcome!
Homework
Homework #1 10 problems.
Exercises in Section 1.3. p.4 #1
Exercises in Section 1.4. p.6 #3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Exercises in Section 1.5. p.8 #1, 4, 5
Exercises in Section 1.6. p.11 #1
Homework #2 10 problems.
Exercises in Section 2.1. p.13 #1
Exercises in Section 2.2. p.15 #1, 2, 3, 4
Exercises in Section 2.3. p.18 #1
Exercises in Section 2.4. p.20 #1, 2, 3, 5
Homework #3 9 problems.
Exercises in Section 3.2. p.24 #2
Exercises in Section 3.3. p.25 #2
Exercises in Section 3.4. p.27 #1
Exercises in Section 3.5. p.30 #1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9
Homework #4 10 problems.
Exercises in Section 4.2. p.37 #2, 3, 4
Exercises in Section 4.3. p.39 #1, 2, 3
Exercises in Section 4.4. p.41 #1, 3
Exercises in Section 4.5. p.43 #1, 2
Homework #5 12 problems.
Exercises in Section 5.2. p.48 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Exercises in Section 5.3. p.51 #1
Exercises in Section 6.2. p.58 #2, 3, 4, 6
Exercises in Section 6.3. p.61 #1
Exercises in Section 6.4. p.63 #1
Homework #6 8 problems.
Exercises in Section 7.1. p.68 #1, 2
Exercises in Section 7.2. p.71 #1, 2
Exercises in Section 7.3. p.73 #2, 3, 5
Exercises in Section 7.4. p.75 #1
Homework #7 7 problems.
Exercises in Section 8.1. p.78 #1, 2, 3
Exercises in Section 8.3. p.81 #1[(i),(iii)]
Exercises in Section 8.4. p.83 #1
Exercises in Section 8.5. p.86 #1[(i)], 2[(i)]
Homework #8 9 problems.
Exercises in Section 9.1. p.89 #1, 2
Exercises in Section 9.2. p.93 #1, 2, 3, 4
Exercises in Section 9.3. p.96 #1, 2, 4
Homework #9 10 problems.
Exercises in Section 10.2. p.101 #1
Exercises in Section 10.3. p.104 #1, 2
Exercises in Section 11.1. p.107 #1, 2
Exercises in Section 11.2. p.110 #1, 4
Exercises in Section 11.3. p.113 #1
Exercises in Section 12.1. p.118 #1[(i),(ii),(iii)]
Exercises in Section 12.2. p.121 #2
Exam Schedules
The 1st midterm exam: 12 April (Wednesday) 17:00--17:50 in-class.
- Coverage: Chapters 1 to 4.
- Total 4 questions.
- If you cannot make it to the in-class exam due to an official cause (including properly documented illness), you have to submit a Make-up Exam Application Form at your department. Here is a handout about make-up exam policies.
The average was 65.10. The maximum score achieved by a student was 100.
The 2nd midterm exam: 24 May (Wednesday) 17:00--17:50 in-class.
- Coverage: Chapters 5 to 8.
- Total 4 questions.
- If you cannot make it to the in-class exam due to an official cause (including properly documented illness), you have to submit a Make-up Exam Application Form at your department. Here is a handout about make-up exam policies.
The average was 71.17. The maximum score achieved by a student was 100.
Final Exam: 14 June (Wednesday) 17:00--18:40 in-class.
- Coverage: Everything we covered in this course by June 9th including all homework problems.
- Total 8 questions. There will be one set of True/False questions (Please note that you get full credit if you are correct, no credit for no answer, and negative of the assigned score if your answer to this question is incorrect). This exam will be geared toward giving advantages to those who were carefully following class discussions while keeping a good pace of doing homework.
- If you cannot make it to the in-class exam due to an official cause (including properly documented illness), you have to submit a Make-up Exam Application Form at your department. Here is a handout about make-up exam policies.
The average was 43. The maximum score achieved by a student was 90.
Assessment of Project-Based Learning (PBL)
For an extra credit, you should record a 20-minute long video lecture about one of the following:
(1) A sample lecture on any topic listed on the syllabus of this course.
(2) A sample lecture on a concept from secondary school geometry curricular.
You should submit the video in a form of a YouTube video link by choosing the sharing option "unlisted." Please use this form to submit your work.
Your video will be disclosed to your classmates in this course as a part of a YouTube playlist. You may turn your video into “private” or even delete the video after your letter grade for this course is assigned.
Links
Webpage of Byungdo Park
CBNU Mathematics Education Department Homepage