1. GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE TEACHING RETREAT April 21-22, 2005
Dr. Margaret Ehrlich
Andrea Hendricks
Gerri Pringle
Carolyn Spillman

2. MATHEMATICS
inherently prepares students to become culturally and globally literate citizens of the
21st century!

3. Internet Proficiency Instructor websites and links
Department website and links
MyMathLab
WebCT Vista

4. Other Technology Graphing calculators CDs/Videos of lectures
Personal Response System

5. MATHEMATICS Universal language Tool for daily living
Intertwined in every aspect of our lives
Develops problem solving and reasoning skills

6. Problem Solving Process
1) Understand problem
2) Develop a plan
3) Implement the plan
4) Look back
central to development and application
of Mathematics
skill needed for success in the 21st
century

7. MATH MODELING
Real-life problems that demonstrate the need for specific algebraic concepts and techniques
Helps student learn how to analyze, solve and interpret problems in the course, future courses and in future careers

8. Math Topics Applications Graphing & evaluating functions
GE revenues; crime rates; cost-benefit
Writing equations of lines; finding average rates of change
Depreciation; service call charges; Toyota sales; population growth
Exponential functions and logarithmic functions
Insurance premiums, sales decline, carbon-14 dating, mothers in workforce
Graphing quadratic functions; vertices of parabolas; zeros
Maximum revenue from sales; teenage drug use; height of a ball or rocket

9. MATH TRAILS
Consist of a sequence of stops along a preplanned route on which students examine math in their environment
Students observe, measure, collect and record data in order to manipulate it back in the classroom
Useful with any age group
Creates an atmosphere of adventure and exploration