IPGM KAMPUS TUN ABDUL RAZAK KKBI: SHORT COURSEWORK

PROGRAM: PISMP COURSE: NUMERICAL LITERACY (WAJ3105) DATE SET LEARNING OUTCOMES

NAME: SEMESTER: 2

DATE DUE

1. Demonstrate their understanding to incorporate numeracy approach and strategy in their future teaching. 2. Explain the need to link mathematical ideas by using real life situation, concrete material and appropriate questioning and discussion techniques. 3. Discuss the appropriateness of using certain method in solving a problem or in a particular situation. This coursework addresses Learning Outcomes 1 and 2 Coursework Objectives: To enable students to: 1. Search for relevant material and able to summarise the reading to help in the preparation of a brochure. 2. Use the knowledge acquired to prepare a brochure. 3. Build a 3D shape. 4. Able to reflect the experience of the doing the coursework and make suggestions for improvement. Task (60 %) In a pair, 1. Students are required to design and create a brochure on the micro-level usage of food additives or pesticides and preservatives in the food or agricultural or cosmetics or medical purposes. 2. Gather information from the internet and make a summarise. 3. The brochure create should be link to the public health concern (public awareness). 4. Students are required to carry out actual data collation from suitable real-life sources as basis of their creations. 5. Students are to construct a physical model to represent the container of the relevant purposes.

6. Information should be given at the label of the container. 7. Draw the net of container. 8. Writing a reflection individually to show what have you gain from the coursework. 9. Record the collaboration. 10. State the references. Detailed Requirement For Assignment. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. No duplication of assignment from other coursework is allowed. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited Include a reference list of the sources of information using the APA format. Your work should be type written double spacing and front Arial size 12. The cover page should have the following information a. Name b. Index number and ID c. Class/group d. Lectures name 6. The declaration of owns name 7. You should adhere to the deadline. A good assignment should 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. At list 3 articles from the internet. Good summarising skill. Originality in the content and presentation of the brochure. Well constructed model with informative label. Appropriate drawing of the net. Well elaborate self-reflection. At least 10 collaborations. At least 5 reference from any sources. Good attitude and personality.

Marking Criteria The assignment will be marked against the marking criteria set the coursework as follows: Excellent Moderate Weak : : : 40%-60% 20%-39% 0%-19%

MAKING SCHEME NUMERICAL LITERACY (WAJ3105) Task components and Excellent 40%-60% to be evaluate Gather information 3 more relevant form internet information Moderate 20%-39% 2 relevant information Weak 0%-19% 1 relevant or irrelevant

Accuracy of summaries gathered Suitability of ideas apply in the brochure

Wide range of ideas Able to relate precisely ideas and skills learned Very creative Very practical Very interesting

Several ideas Less able to relate ideas and skill learned Creative Practical Interesting

A few simple ideas Not able to relate ideas and skills learned

3D Model and Net

Reflection, Collaboration

Able to identify most weaknesses and strength 10 or more collaborations 5 or more references

No obvious characteristic of creativity, practicality and normal Able to identify some Little effort shown to weaknesses and identify weaknesses strength and strength 4-9 collaborations

1-4 references

References commitment Excellent effort Good effort

3-0 collaborations No references Little effort

1. TUTORIAL PROBLEM SOLVING

1.1 The Kings elephant Problem Once upon a time the King of Siam asked his warriors to measure the weight of an elephant. However the weight of the elephant was too heavy to be measured by the biggest weighing machine available. Your task is to help the warriors to solve the problem. 1.2 Abu Nawas Problem. In one of the stories in One Thousand and One Night, Abu Nawas would only allow any traveller to fetch water from the only well in the desert after solving the following problem: The travellers were given a 3-litre container and a 5-litre container. They have to measure exactly four and seven litres of water using the above containers. You are required to help the travellers solve the problem.

2. Tutorial Operation and computation

Based on your readings and discussion, explain: 2.1 What is Numeracy? 2.2 As a teacher, how can you help your students to acquire this proficiency? 2.3 Discuss the usage of ICT and smart school courseware in teaching number operations. 2.4 Discuss the role of calculators 2.5 Identify one number pattern. Discuss teaching strategies on introducing the number pattern. Present in class. 2.6 Why and when do we need rough estimation? 2.7 Find examples in the newspaper or articles showing the usage of rough estimation. 2.8 In Primary Mathematics: Teaching Theory and Practice: page 39, a statement says Many misconception which student develop in the area of Numbers and Operations are related to a poor understanding of place value. Show an example of the mistakes in computation due to lack of understanding in the place value.

3. Tutorial- MEASUREMENT 3.1 Discuss and identify all measurement properties of the following objects: 3.1.1 A bulletin board 3.1.2 A table 3.1.3 An extension cord 3.1.4 A bowl 3.2 Suggest a suitable standard unit for each of the following measurement: 3.2.1 The distance between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok 3.2.2 The height of a front rainfall of a place 3.2.3 The amount of water in a dam 3.2.4 The amount of patrol to fill the tank of a car 3.2.5 The mass of a piece of A4 paper 3.2.6 The height of Mount Kinabalu Justify each of your choices of measurement units. 3.3 Identify some examples of non-standard units of measurement that are commonly used in any local community in Malaysia. 3.4 Explore the following two problems: 3.4.1 Do all shapes with fixed area have the same perimeter? 3.4.2 Do all shapes with fixed perimeter have the same area? 3.5 What is the relation between gram and liter? 3.6 What are advantages of the metric units of measurement? 3.7 Give that 1 mile = 1.6 km. Use a calculator to verify that a hectare is about 2.5 acres. Show all the in your calculation 3.8 Cullianan diamond, the largest diamond found in 1906 at the Premier Mine in South Africa, weighed 3106 carats. Estimate the weight of Cullianan diamond in pounds. (Given that 1 carat = 200 mg, 2.2 kg = 1 lb)

4. Tutorial SPATIAL SENSE 4.1 In small groups, discuss on the following: 4.1.1 Words, vocabulary and language used to describe 2D shape and 3D solids 4.1.2 Similarities and differences 4.1.2.1 Cube, cuboid, cylinder and prism 4.1.2.2 Prisme and pyramid 4.1.2.3 Pyramid and cone 4.2 The relationships between 4.2.1 Cube and cuboid 4.2.2 Cylinder and prism 4.3 Definition of polygon and classifications of polygons according to number of sides 4.4 Properties of n-sided polygons for 3 n10 4.5 Drawing the 2D shapes by using circle and compass 4.5.1 A scalene triangle 4.5.2 An isosceles triangle 4.5.3 An equilateral triangle 4.5.4 A rectangle 4.5.5 A square 4.5.6 A rhombus 4.5.7 A parallelogram 4.5.8 A trapezium 4.5.9 A regular pentagon 4.5.10 A regular hexagon. 4.6 Area and Perimeter of 2D shapes

1 unit 1 unit

This is a unit square tile. The length of each side of this tile is 1 unit. The area of this tile is 1 unit2

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Task A: below are all the possible shapes constructed by joining 4 unit square tiles.

4.6.2 What is the area of each of these shapes? 4.6.3 What is the perimeter of each of these shapes? 4.6.4 Which shape has the minimum perimeter? 4.7 Construct all the possible shapes by joining 9 unit square tiles 4.7.1 What can you say about the area of all the shapes? 4.7.2 Which shape has the minimum perimeter? Make a conjecture about the shape with minimum perimeter 4.8 Test your conjecture with shapes constructed by joining 4.8.1 16 unit square tiles 4.8.2 8 unit square tiles 4.8.3 5 unit square tiles 4.8.4 25 unit square tiles 4.8.5 10 unit square tiles 4.8.6 11 unit squares Base on your investigation in tasks A, B and C make a conclusion on the shape with minimum perimeter constructed by joining unit square tiles.

5. Tutorial Data Analysis and interpretation 5.1 When flipping a coin, there are only two possible outcomes: a head or a tails. 1 So we say that the probability of getting a head is one out of two that is . 2 when you sit for the examination at the end of this semester, there are also only two possible outcomes: you pass or fail. So is right to say that the 1 probability of you passing the examination is also . If yes Why? If no, why 2 not? 5.2 A person in small foreign applies for a marriage permit at age 18. To obtain the permit, the person is handed six strings as shown in figure (a). One side (top or bottom) the ends are picked randomly, two at a time and tied, forming three separate knots. The same procedure is then repeated for the other set of string ends, forming three more knots, as figure (b). if the string form one closed ring as in figure (c), the person obtains the permit.

5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3

Do you think the probability if the person getting the marriage permit is higher or lower that the probability of not getting the permit? Carry out an experiment to check your guess in (5.2.1) Determine the theoretical probability that the marriage permit will be obtained on the first try.