Geometry for teachers

Course 7412647 Section 01, Spring 2024

Wednesdays 14:00 - 14:50, Thursdays 13:00 - 14:50, Room: E1-1 #140

Chungbuk National University


Instructor: Dr. Byungdo Park          Email:
Office Hours: Wednesdays 15:00--15:50 at E1-1 Room 110.
Syllabus: PDF

Announcements

2024-05-01: Announcements The class will go online for today's 14:00 class. Watch the lecture through eCampus by May 16th.
2024-04-28: Homework #7 has been posted below.
2024-04-28: Homework #6 has been posted below.
2024-04-28: The midterm exam papers have been graded. If you want to see your graded paper or to just receive your score by email, please email me no later than Tuesday, May 7th 23:59. Please read the email announcement for more details.
2024-04-18: The midterm exam will cover up to Section 6.1.
2024-04-11: The midterm exam announcement The detail has been posted below.
2024-04-11: Homework #5 has been posted below.
2024-04-11: Homework #4 has been posted below.
2024-04-10: Announcements The class will go online for today's 14:00 class. Watch the lecture through eCampus by April 24th.
2024-03-24: Homework #3 has been posted below.
2024-03-17: Homework #2 has been posted below.
2024-03-17: Homework #1 has been posted below.
2024-03-01: Lecture notes will be made available on CBNU eCampus hopefully by the weekend of each class meeting.
2024-03-01: Announcements Here are procedures specifying details in the dispute policies.
2024-03-01: 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)]

Exam Schedules

The midterm exam: 25 April (Thursday) 13:00--14:40 in-class.
- Coverage: Chapter 1 to Chapter 6 Section 1.
- 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 48.17. The maximum score achieved by a student was 87.

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