MSM 711

Project Information

As part of the course participants will be required to submit a plan for a unit drawing on a topic from the Linear Algebra. As a guideline, think of a unit of 3 - 4 days’ worth of lessons. The project must include

• An introduction of at least several paragraphs describing the topic and its importance / relevance.
• Specific goals of the unit
• Standards addressed
• Materials needed
• Estimate of time frame to carry out each lesson
• Instructions for carrying out the activities
• Instructions for recording the activity data
• A list of questions for the students
• Bibliography of all references used. When citing websites, be sure to include the date accessed.

Additionally the lesson must include a set of notes to the teacher that would include helpful hints, pitfalls to be avoided, and suggestions for assessing the activity. Sample responses to the questions should also be included.

All projects must be clearly organized, typed and either stapled or bound in a report cover.

Suggestions for appropriate topics: business –world applications (good references: books in Finite Mathematics), cryptography applications, using matrices for solving systems of linear equations, using matrices in transformational geometry (i.e. stretching, shrinking, rotations, etc.), matrix algebra, introduction to vectors. It is particularly appropriate to incorporate technology into most linear algebra topics, although not absolutely required.

Topic choice and outline due (please include bibliography)………November 18^th

Project due……………………………………………………………December 9^th

For your information, I’ve included the rubric I will use to grade the projects:

Project Rubric

Clear, complete introduction 20 pts.

Goals, standards 10 pts.

Quality of mathematical content 25 pts.

(including evidence of your understanding of the content.)

“nuts and bolts” (e.g. time frame,

instructions, student exercises

and responses, notes to teacher) 10 pts.

Organization 10 pts.

Grammar / appearance 10 pts.

Overall clarity, coherence and completeness

including citations and a complete bibliography

15 pts.

Total 100 pts.