Chabot College Fall 2004 Replaced Fall 2010 Course Outline for Mathematics 40W CONCEPTS OF MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP Catalog Description: 40W – Concepts of Mathematics Workshop .25 - .5 units Laboratory, study group, collaborative workshop or computer laboratory time for Concepts of Mathematics. Corequisite: Mathematics 40. 1 - 2 hours laboratory. [Typical contact hours: 17.5-35] Prerequisite Skills: None Expected Outcomes for Students: Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to: 1. read and write the mathematics used in Concepts of Mathematics; 2. use technology currently used in Concepts of Mathematics; 3. solve problems on their own and with peers without having to rely on an instructor. Course Content: 1. Applications of principles and concepts Methods of Presentation: 1. Individual instruction 2. Collaboration 3. Computer-assisted/graphing calculator instruction Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress: 1. Typical Assignments a. Some 4-dimensional person has an object. She shows you 3-dimensional cross-sectional slices of it. The slices look like a circle in one level of 4-space with increasingly smaller circles at each level above and below until they end at a point at the top and a point at the bottom. What is the object? b. Project: The student is to create a poster or do a presentation on a mathematical topic such as knot theory or chaos theory. 2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress a. Attendance b. In-class assignments Textbook(s)(typical) The Heart of Mathematics, Edward B. Burger and Michail Starbird, Key Curriculum Press, 2000 Special Student Materials: None CS:al Revised: 9/2003