DIVINE WORD COLLEGE OF LEGAZPI

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Legazpi City

SYLLABUS IN MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

School Year 2018-2019

COLLEGE: School of Education Program:

Course Code: GE 04 Credit Unit: 3

Class days and class time: Prerequisite: None

Instructor: Richel L. Lozano

Course Description:This course deals with the nature of mathematics, the appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions, and applications
of the mathematical tools in daily life. The course begins with an introduction to the nature of mathematics as an exploration of patterns ( in
nature and the environment) and as an application of inductive and deductive reasoning. The course then proceeds to survey ways in which
the mathematics provides a tool for understanding and dealing with the various aspects of present-day living, such as managing personal
finances, making social choices, appreciating geometric designs, understanding codes used in data transmission and security, and dividing
limited resources fairly. These aspects will provide opportunities for actually doing mathematics in a broad range of exercises that bring out the
various dimensions of mathematics as a way of knowing and test the student’s understanding and capacity.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO)

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

EDGA/ REQUIRED Domains of Competencies Program Outcomes Intended Course Outcomes

Knowledge ( Intellectual Competencies) 1. Analyze “texts” (written, visual, oral, etc.) 6. Discuss and argue about the nature of
critically mathematics, what it is, how it is expressed,
2. Demonstrate proficient and effective represented, and used;
communication ( writing, speaking, and use 7. Use different types of reasoning to justify
of new technologies) statements and arguments made about
3. Use basic concepts across the domains of mathematics and mathematical concepts;
knowledge 8. Discuss the language and symbols of
4. Demonstrate critical, analytical, and creative mathematics.
thinking
5. Apply different analytical modes in problem
solving
Skills (Practical Skills) 1. Work effectively n a group 9. Use a variety of statistical tools to process
2. Apply computing tools to process information and manage numerical data;
effectively 10. Analyze codes and coding schemes used
3. Use current technology to assist and facilitate for identification, privacy, and security
learning and research purposes;
4. Negotiate the world of technology responsibly 11. Use mathematics in the other areas such
5. Create solutions to problems in various fields as finance, voting, health and medicine,
6. Manage one’s knowledge, skills, and values business, environment, arts and design,
for responsible and productive living and recreation;
7. Organize one’s self for lifelong learning
Values ( Personal and Civic Responsibilities) 1. Appreciate the complexity of the human 12. Appreciate the nature and uses of
condition mathematics in everyday life;
2. Interpret the human experience from various 13. Affirm honestly and integrity in the
perspective application of mathematics to various
3. Examine the contemporary world from both human endeavors.
Philippine and global perspectives
4. Take responsibility for knowing and being
Filipino
5. Reflect critically on shared concerns
6. Generate innovative practices and solutions
guided by ethical standards
7. Make decisions based on moral norms and
imperatives
8. Appreciate various art forms
9. Contribute to aesthetics
10. Advocate respect for human rights
11. Contribute personally and meaningfully to the
country’s development
LEARNING PLAN:

INTENDED LEARNING TOPIC/S TEACHING/LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSESSMENT TIME FRAME

OUTCOME (ILO) ACTIVITIES MATERIALS
At the end of this course, The Nature of Activities 1. Short-response/essay
the students should be Mathematics 1. Short video laptop writing at the end of
able to: watching/power projector the class about the
I. Mathematics is point book nature of
1. Identify patterns a useful way to 2. Reading some mathematics.
in nature and think about chapters 2. Two-to-three-page
regularities in the nature and our 3. Small group synthesis paper
world. (k) world. sharing focusing on one of the
2. Articulate the ● Patterns & Numbers in 4. Whole class following aspects of
importance of Nature discussion mathematics:
mathematics in Questions to Pose: a. Mathematics
one’s life. (V) ● The Fibonacci 1. What is provides tool for
3. Argue about the Sequence Mathematics? calculations.
nature of 2. Where is b. Mathematics
mathematics, ● Mathematics helps Mathematics? provides new
what it is, how it is organize patterns and 3. What role does questions to think
expressed, regularities in the world. mathematics play in about.
represented, and your world? c. Mathematics helps
used (K) ● Mathematics helps 4. What is organize patterns
4. Express predict the behavior of mathematics for? and regularities in
appreciation for nature and phenomena in Some ideas to elicit and the world.
mathematics as a the world encourage: d. Mathematics helps
human endeavor 1. Many patterns and predict the
(V) ● Mathematics helps occurences exist in behavior of nature
control nature and nature, in our world, and occurences in
occurrences in the world and in our life. the world for our
for our own ends. Mathematics helps own ends.
make sense of Basis for Grading to Use:
●Mathematics has these patterns and 0 point – The student cannot
 numerous applications in occurences. elicit the ideas and concepts
the world making it 2. Mathematics is a from the readings and video
indispensable. tool to quantify, indicating that’s/he has not
organize, and read the prescribed readings
control our or watched the video.
world,predict 1 point- The student can elicit
phenomena, and the ideas & concepts from
make life easier for the readings & video but
us. shows erroneous
understanding of these.
2 points- The student can
elicit ideas & concepts from
Some ideas to the readings & video &
discourage or debunk or shows correct understanding
disprove: of these.
1. Mathematics is just 3 points- The student not
for the books, only elicits the correct ideas
confined in the but shows evidence of
classroom. internalizing these.
2. Mathematics has no
place in my life.

5. Discuss the ● Mathematical language 1. Short video Laptop 1. Writing exercises

language, and symbols watching Projector 2. Short quiz
symbols, and 2. Peer or small group Activity sheets
conventions of ● Characteristics of exercises/writing
mathematics (K) mathematical language: exercises.
6. Explain the nature precise, concise, powerful 3. Discussion on the
of mathematics comparisons
as a language (K) ● Expressions vs. between the English
7. Perform sentences & Mathematical
operations on Language.
mathematical ● Four basic concepts: 4. Compilation of
 Expressions sets, functions, relations, mathematical
correctly (S) binary operations symbols and
8. Acknowledge that notations and their
mathematics is a ● Elementary logic: meanings.
useful language connectives, quantifiers, Some ideas to elicit &
(V) negation, variables encourage:
1. Mathematics is a
● Formality of language itself.
mathematics as a Hence, it is useful in
language in order that communicating
they may be able to read important ideas.
and write mathematics 2. Mathematics as a
texts and communicate language is clear
ideas with precision and and objective.
conciseness. 3. Language
conventions are
necessary in
mathematics for it to
be understood by
all.

9. Use the different ● Problem Solving and 1. Reading & writing 1. Take home problem
types of Reasoning proofs. set
reasoning to 2. Exam
justify statements - Inductive and Deductive 2. Small group
and arguments Reasoning problem Basis for grading:
made about solving/reasoning 0 point- did not
mathematics and attempt to solve any
mathematical problems
concepts (K) 3. Presentation of 1 point- attempted to
solutions solve 25% of the
problems
 4. Class discussions 2 points- student
of the key problems attempted to solve
& solutions 50%
3 points- student
attempted to solve
75%
4 points- the student
completely solve all
the problems
1. There may be more
than one approach
in solving
mathematical
problems.

10. Write clear and - Intuition, proof and

logical proofs (K) certainty Some ideas to elicit &
 encourage:
●Mathematics
requires not only
 facility with
numbers but
also the ability to
critically think
through
situations, to
reason and
argue logically,
& to creatively
solve problems.

11. Solve ● Polya’s 4-steps in ●Mathematics is an

problems Problem Solving active human
involving patterns endeavor. We can
and recreational ● Problem Solving create the
problems Strategies mathematics we
following Polya’s need to solve
4 steps(S) problems.

12.Organize ● Mathematical Problems ●Mathematical

one’s method and involving Patterns problem solving
approaches for takes time.
proving and ● Recreational Problems Solutions are not
solving problems using mathematics always apparent to
(V) the solver.

13.Use variety of Mathematics as a Tool 1. lectures Marker & eraser 1. Group project
statistical tools to Data Management 2. individual/ small group Activity sheet proposal for a
process and ● Statistical tools derived exercises Laptop quantitative study
manage numerical from mathematics are 3. class discussions projector to be submitted
data (S) useful in processing and Example of applications: 2. Short quiz
 managing numerical data The average height of a
in order to describe a certain age group of people Sample Project
phenomenon and predict is 53 inches. The standard Proposal:
values. deviation is 4 inches. If the You want the school to
variable is normally encourage all the faculty
distributed, find the to submit grades online
probability that a selected to facilitate the fastest
individual’s height will be encoding/posting of
a. Greater than 59 grades needed for the
inches enrollment. The MIS
b. Between 50 to 55 director asks your team
inches to present hard data that
c. Less than 45 inches will convince the faculty.
Prepare a proposal on
how you will do this task.

14. Use the methods ● Data: gathering and 1. Lectures Laptop Standards/Basis for
of statistical data organizing data; 2. Individual/small Projector Grading to Use:
in making representing charts and group activities Activity sheet 1. Numerical scores
important graphs and interpreting 3. Class discussions for the quiz
decisions (V) data. 2. Rubric for the
project proposal
15. Statistical Tools ● Measures of central
Tendency: mean, median,
mode and weighted
mean.

● Measures of dispersion:
range, standard deviation
and variance

● Measures of relative
positions: z-scores,
 percentiles, quartiles, and
box-and-whiskers plots

● Probabilities and normal

distributions

● Linear regression and

correlation: least-squares
line, linear correlation
coefficient

16. Use mathematical ● Linear Programming lectures laptop Evaluation

concepts and role Playing projector requirements
tools in other - Linear Inequalities written exercises activity sheet - Problem set
areas such as in - An integrating
finance, voting, - Geometry and Linear project
logic business, Programming Sample Integrating
networks and Project (by groups)
systems (S) - Simplex Method - Create a poster aimed
at recruiting students to
join a club that promotes
mathematics as an
important tool in
everyday life.
-
17. Support the use of ● The Mathematics of Standards/Basis for
mathematics in Finance Grading to Use
various aspects - Numerical scores
and endeavors in - Simple and for problem sets
life (V) Compound Interest - Rubrics for the
- Credit Cards and project
consumer Loans
 - Stocks, Bonds and
Mutual Funds
-
18. Use coding Codes 1. Lectures Laptop 1. Individual/ by pair
schemes to The utility of mathematics 2. Discussions Projector written exercises
encode and goes beyond the 3. Writing exercises Activity sheet
decode different mundane. Mathematics
types of enables the development
information for of codes and ciphers that
identification, are useful to individuals
privacy, and and to society.
security purposes. ● Binary codes
(S) ● Integers in computers
19. Exemplify honesty ● Logic and computer
and integrity when addition
using codes for ● Text data
security purposes. ● Errors and error
(V) correction
● error detecting codes
● Repetition and
Hamming codes
References:

Required only for teachers:

Jamison, R. E. (2000). Learning the language of mathematics. Language and Learning across the Disciplines, 4(1), 45-54

Student’s References:
Aufman, R. et al.Mathematics in the Modern World
Adam, John A. Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the World
Adam, John A. A Mathematical Nature Walk
Aufmann, R. et al. Mathematical Excursions( Chaps. 1,3,4,5,8,11 and 13) 33r Ed (International Edition).
COMAP Inc. For All Practical Purposes, introduction to Contemporary Mathematics ( 2 nd ed.)
Fisher, Carol Burns. The Language and Grammar of Mathematics
Hersh, R. What is Mathematics Really? (Chaps. 4 & 5)
Johnson and Mowry, Mathematics, A Practical Oddyssey (Chap.12)
Moser and Chen.A Sudent’s Guide to Coding and Information Theory
Stewart, Ian. Nature’s Numbers
Vistro-Yu, C. Geometry: Shapes, Patterns and Designs (A chapter for the new ed. Of the math 12 textbook for Ateneo de Manila University).

VIDEO
● https://vimeo.com/9953368

Recommended Readings:
Akiyama and Ruiz.A Day’s Adventure in Math wonderland
Aufmann et al. Mathemtical Excursions (Chap. 2)
Averbach and Chein.Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics
Enzensberger.The Number Devil
Course Requirements:

a) Attendance (Please refer to the College Student Handbook, 2014 Revised edition pp. 20-23).
b) Advanced readings of the topics.
c) Active participation in all class activities.
d) Submission of requirements on time.
e) Pass major exams (Term Exams)

Grading System: (Please refer to the College Student Handbook, 2014, Revised Edition, pp. 14-20).

Prepared by: Recommending Approval:

_________________ _____________________
Ayn G. Realosa Dr. Gerry C. Viñas
Instructor Program Head

Approved:

_____________________________
SALVACION L. GARCERA, Ph. D.
Dean