Welcome to the Oakton Community College MAT 129 course home page. Here you will find information shared by all sections of the course. In the frame to the left there are a number of useful links including the textbook web site, if there is one, and the generic course syllabus. Further down this frame there are links to individual instructors' resources for their specific sections.

Prerequisites
MAT 128 with a grade of C or better.

Course Description
This course is a continuation of the contemporary and heuristic approach of MAT 128. Principal topics include: recognizing and analyzing two- and three-dimensional geometrical shapes, measurement, triangle congruence and similarity, Euclidean constructions, coordinate and transformational geometry, elementary logic, elements of programming in Visual Basic, LOGO and DERIVE, computer software for geometrical explorations, equivalence relations, and clock arithmetic as an exemplar of a finite mathematical system.

Course Objectives

A. Become confident in one’s ability to do mathematics through reinforcement of the basic elementary mathematics curriculum.

B. Gain an understanding and appreciation of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) curriculum standards.

C. Gain an understanding into how students learn through student/teacher collaboration, discussion and diverse examples.

D.  Appreciate and understand both the historical developments and the current application and trends of the elementary mathematics curriculum.

E. Become proficient in the use of technologies, i.e., computers and calculators.

Send corrections and comments to  pboisver@oakton.edu.