Mathematics 393 Fall 2004

Professor: Dr. Maria Fung	Phone: 503-838-8871
Office: AA 305	Email: fungm@wou.edu

CLASS MEETS

2-3 :50 p.m. in AA 104

Mondays and in TBA Room on Wednesdays

Dr. Fung’s OFFICE HOURS & SCHEDULE

http://www.wou.edu/~fungm

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Friday
10 – 11	Prep		Prep	Prep
11 – 12	Office Hour	Prep	Office Hour	Office Hour
12 – 1	Math 341	Math 341	Math 341	Math 341
1 – 2	Office Hour	Office Hour	Office Hour	Office Hour
2 – 3	Math 393	Math 292	Math 393	Math 292
3 – 4	Math 393	Math 292	Math 393	Math 292
4 -5	Grading	Meetings
5-7:30	Math 494/594

Office hours are for you, so please do come to introduce yourself in more detail to me and feel free to drop by for help. At times other than my listed office hours you are welcome and encouraged to call or email me with questions about the course or make a special appointment to see me.

PREREQUISITES: Mth 211 and 212. Please see me if you have not taken these courses.

REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS

v “Workshop Statistics Discovery with Data and Fathom” by Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance, Robin H. Lock

v “How to Lie with Statistics” by D. Huff

v "Statistics (Cliffs Quick Review)" by David H. Voelker, Peter Z. Orton, Scott Adams

v Any graphing calculator with statistics capabilities

COURSE STRUCTURE: Class will be a mix of activities and exploration on Mondays and computer labs with Fathom on Wednesdays. Please bring your text to class every day.

COURSE CONTENT

This course is designed for students planning to be elementary or middle school teachers. Our goals for this term are to:

¨ Obtain a deep understanding of the main topics of elementary and middle school material in probability and statistics

¨ Learn to use Fathom as a tool for storing and analyzing data

¨ Improve general analytical and critical thinking skills

¨ Be able to successfully complete a statistical project

ATTENDANCE

Daily attendance is required for your success in this course. If you miss class it is your responsibility to ask a classmate for notes on the material that you have missed. I will not have discussion notes available if you have missed class nor will I repeat my discussion during office hours

HOMEWORK

There will be a variety of homework assignments given in this course. There will be four main categories of homework assignments:

Text Homework

Journals

Final Project

In-class Activities (completion of)

HOMEWORK

• Homework from our textbook and some based on the in-class activities will be assigned on Wednesdays. Completing your homework in a timely fashion will be integral to your success in this course. Exams will be mostly based on homework problems and in-class activities.
• You will find that if you do not do all of your homework you will not succeed in learning the material covered in this course.
  
  

JOURNAL HOMEWORK

• Journal assignments will be roughly bi-weekly. Please see the Journal Assignment Sheet for more detail. 

FINAL PROJECT

You will be assigned to do a final project in this course. Information about this project will be provided later in the course.

COURSE GRADING 

Exams (during the term 2x15%)	30% of course grade
Final Project and Presentation	20% of course grade
Journal Assignments	15% of course grade
Homework	25% of course grade
Class Notebook at the end of the term	10% of course grade

EXAMS

There will be two exams given on Wednesdays and final presentations during the last week of class and the time slot of the regularly scheduled final exam. Make-up or early exams will only be given in the case of a documented emergency or a documented university sanctioned absence from class. Prior notification and my agreement are required. 

LATE WORK POLICY

Your work is due by 4 p.m. on the due date. All due items may be turned in, unexcused, 1 class day late (by 12 noon) for 75% credit or 2 class days (by 12 noon) late for 50% credit. Any item turned in after 4 p.m. on a due date will be considered late.

LEARNING DISABILITIES

If you have a documented learning disability, please talk to me during the few days of class, I will be more than happy to accommodate you in any way that I can.  You must go to the Office of Disability Services (ODS) for appropriate coordination of your accommodations. You can go by APSC 405 or contact ODS at (503) 838-8250 to schedule an appointment.

INCOMPLETE POLICY

If you are passing this course and have a documented reason for not being able to complete the course, I may be able to grant you an incomplete. You must obtain my agreement if you wish to have a grade of incomplete recorded.  

STANDARD GRADING SCALE FOR THIS COURSE

(Total % for the course, usual rounding rules apply)

%	Grade	%	Grade	%	Grade	%	Grade	%	Grade
93 – 100	A	90 – 92	A-	87 – 89	B+	83 – 86	B	80 – 82	B-
%	Grade	%	Grade	%	Grade	%	Grade	%	Grade
77 – 79	C+	73 – 76	C	70 – 72	C-	60 – 69	D	Below 60	F