Text: “Crossing the River with Dogs: Problem Solving for College Students ”, by Ken Johnson,Ted Herr, and Judy Kysh; ISBN-13 978-0-470-41224-4

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Portfolio 3: Part A   B   C

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

9/28

9/30

Email me: beaverc@wou.edu from the account you want to use for math forum. Subject line: MTH 396 EMAIL

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Ch.1: pp.19-23 Set A: 3, 4, 13

Ch.2: pp. 38-41 Set A: 3, 4, 7

Ch 3: pp. 61-66 Set A : 3, 6, 15; Set B: 8

10/7

Portfolio 1 Part A

POW 1

10/12

Portfolio 1 Part B

Ch.4: pp.94-105 Set A: 3 ,10, 13; S et B: 1

Ch 5: pp.126-31 Set A: 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13

10/14

Portfolio 1 Part C

Journal 1 Quiz

VFS Module 1

10/19

Ch. 6: pp.155-8 Set A: 4 , 10, 12, 16

Ch. 7: pp. 178-181 Set A: 6, 9, 12

Ch. 9: pp.244-247 Set A: 2, 7, 15

VFS Module 2

10/21

Portfolio 2 Part A

POW 2

10/26

Portfolio 2 Part B

Study for Exam

10/28

Portfolio 2 Part C

Journal 2 Quiz

11/2

Ch.10: pp. 253-4 Set A1: 4, 6

Ch.10: pp. 268-72 Set A2: 9,12,20

Set B : 4

Ch.14: pp.381-4 Set A: 4, 5, 6 ; Set B: 5

11/4

Study for OMG Exam

11/9

Ch. 11: pp. 293-296 Set A: 7, 9, 11

Ch. 15: pp. 405-7 Set A: 13, 15, 17;

Set B : 1

Ch. 16: pp 427- 9: 1, 2, 3

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Online Mentoring

11/16

Online Mentoring

11/18

Online Mentoring

11/23

Portfolio 3 Part A

Online Mentoring

11/25

POW 3

11/30

Portfolio 3 Part B

Ch: 8: pp. 211-4 Set A: 2(a-e), 16

Ch: 12: pp. 318-323 Set A: 7, 10, 14

Ch: 13 pp. 345-9 Set A: 4, 7, 9, 15

Ch: 17: p. 456 Set A: 4

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Portfolio 3 Part C

Journal 3 Quiz

Mentoring Essay

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

9/28

Intro. to Problem Solving; Polya's Framework; Assessing Problem Solving

9/30

Visual Methods

10/5

More Visual Methods

Text HW DUE: Ch. 1 – 3

10/7

VFS Module 1 - Introduction ( In MNB 110 Computer Lab )

10/12

VFS Module 1 – Instructions /Discussion

Counting Day 1

Text HW DUE: Ch. 4 – 5

10/14

VFS Module 1 – /Discussion

VFS Module 2 – Instructions

Counting Day 2

10/19

Venn Diagrams

Text HW DUE: Ch. 6, 7, 9

10/21

VFS Module 2 - Discussion

Review

10/26

Exam on Ch 1 – 7, 9; Visual Methods, Counting, Venn Diagrams

10/28

Intro to Online Mentoring: Lessons 1 and 2(In Computer Lab MNB 110)

11/2

OMG: Wrap-up of lessons & Review

Text HW DUE: Ch. 10, 14

11/4

Exam on Math Forum Training & Virtual Fieldwork Sequence

11/9

Review of Solutions to Math Forum POW

Number Theory

Text HW DUE: Ch. 11, 15, 16

11/11

Live Mentoring (In Library – HL 108)

11/16

Live Mentoring

11/18

Live Mentoring

11/23

Commentary to Mentored Problem & Wrap-up Problem Writing

11/25

Finish Problem Writing

Algebra Part 1

11/30

Algebra Part 2

Text HW DUE: Ch. 8, 12, 13, 17

12/2

Algebra Part 3

Review