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Devl
Math 1 (Lecture/Lab) (T/TH Fall 2010)
Instructor: Kristin Spizzirri
972)563-4934 (work)
kspizzirri@tvcc.edu
Office:
TVCC Terrell Campus
A-120
TEXTBOOK: Lial, Margaret L., Hornsby, John, and
McGinnis, Terry; “Developmental Mathematics – Basic Mathematics
and Algebra”, 2nd ed., Pearson Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company; 1221 pp; 2008.
Supplies:
1.
Basic 10 Key Calculator!
2.
Textbook (optional)
3. My
Math Lab Access Code - Mandatory
4. 3
Ring Binder with dividers
5.
Notebook paper
6.
Pen/Pencil – All assignments turned in for grading must be
completed
in blue or black ink or pencil. No exceptions.
7.
Notecards
NO CELL
PHONES ARE ALLOWED IN CLASS!!
PREREQUISITE: Before the end of late
enrollment, during a student’s first developmental mathematics
course, a student may request that their instructor or the
Division Chairperson of Mathematics & Science administer a
developmental mathematics instructor-designed test over all the
minimum competencies of that developmental mathematics course.
If the student passes this test (scores 70% or higher), he/she
will be allowed to move to the next higher developmental
mathematics course. A student may not “test out” of the last
level of developmental mathematics.
Cell
Phone Usage:
TVCC policy is that cell phones are not allowed to be used
during class. If your cell phone goes off during class after a
warning, the phone w ill be taken and turned into the Dean’s
office. You must meet with the dean to have your phone
returned. IF you have an emergency that requires your phone
being on, please discuss with me BEFORE class. This includes
text messaging. Basically turn your phone off and put it up
prior to the start of class –don’t have it out at all! Cell
phones will not be used for calculators.
CHEATING
Any student that has been caught cheating will receive a 0 on
that assignment or test. In the case of a developmental class,
this will result in the student failing the class since all
students must pass each test in order to receive a grade for the
class. If the student receives a 0 for a homework or quiz
grade, it will be averaged into their class average.
All
students are expected to adhere to all TVCC’s polices as
outlines in the TVCC catalog. This includes dress code and food
and beverage policy.
Evaluation Method
1.
Major Exams – There will be a major exam at the end of each
chapter.
Major exams will make up 50% of your course grade. At the end
of
the semester there will be a final notebook grade that will
count as a
test grade as well. Developmental students must pass each
chapter by
the Monday before Final Exams begin. The highest grade that a
student may receive on a retest is an 80.
2.
Final Exam – There will be a comprehensive final exam given at
the
end of the semester. It will count for 25% of your course
grade.
3. Homework/Class
Participation/ Quizzes/ Projects – This category of work will be
25% of your course grade. Homework will be assigned during each
class meeting. All homework will be due at the beginning of the
day of that chapter exam. In addition to homework, there will
be announced as well as unannounced quizzes over material
covered in prior class meetings. Also, there will be group
activities and projects that will be completed outside of class
as well as during class time. Since there will be class
participation activities, attendance is importance. NO
MAKE-UP quizzes or class participation will be allowed.
Homework and project will not be accepted late – no exceptions.
Since students must successfully complete
each unit before they leave it, some students may be unable to
complete the course in their first semester in Developmental
Mathematics I. If so, and their attendance and attitude are
good in the opinion of the instructor, they will be assigned a
grade of IP (In Progress), a non-punitive grade which indicates
that the student must re-enroll for Developmental Mathematics I
in their next semester at T.V.C.C. The student must begin the
new semester at the beginning of the course and complete all the
work of the course in a single semester. This allows
instructors to keep their entire class together for lecture. To
receive a grade of C or higher a student must pass unit tests
(70% or higher) for integer arithmetic, linear equations, graphs
of linear equations and functions, and operations with
polynomials with an overall weighted average of 70% or better
(including unit test average, homework average, and final
exam). The course is “master based”, meaning that units on
which a student does not make at least 70% should be repeated
until the student does master the topic. Therefore no D grade
is possible for this course. 70% is passing. Anything less
receives a grade of F or IP. Additionally, any student who does
not make at least 70% on the comprehensive final exam cannot
receive a grade of A, B, or C. Finally, students must either
pass (receiving a grade of A, B, or C) both this class and their
Developmental Mathematics Laboratory I class or they must repeat
both. Different grades may be assigned for lecture and lab, but
a student receiving an F or an IP in one may only receive an IP
or an F in the other. Therefore, instructors who have students
who are enrolled in another instructor’s laboratory class must
coordinate with that other instructor before assigning grades at
the end of the semester.
Students who take and pass the mathematics
portion of the TVCC Placement Test with a score of at least 250
or the equivalent on another testing instrument and who elect
not to complete the course will receive a grade based on the
work completed before the official score is received and
reported or they can receive a grade of C, whichever grade is
higher. Students may choose to complete this course after the
passing score is reported. Students have the responsibility to
make their instructor aware of their passing score by presenting
an official report of their passing score.
ABSENCES:
Students will receive a warning
letter on their fourth absence and will be dropped from the
class on the sixth absence. Students who accumulate three weeks
of absences in either developmental lecture or lab classes
during the fall or spring semesters will be subject to being
dropped from the class and if they are not also enrolled in
another developmental class and are required by college
regulations to be in remediation then they will also be
withdrawn from all TVCC classes. After a student has missed one
week of classes during the fall or spring semester, the
student’s name should be submitted in the Academic dean or the
appropriate center dean so that a warning letter can be sent.
After the student has missed three weeks of absences in the fall
or spring semester, the student’s name should be submitted to
the Academic Dean or the appropriate Center Dean for withdrawal
from the course and from the college. For students registering
during late registration, absences will begin to count the next
class day after the student registers.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
The course is “mastery based”
in that a student will not take tests until unit requirements
(homework assigned from the textbook, worksheets designed by the
instructor, or computer assignments) are completed. Students
will also not be allowed to take the final exam until they have
passed all unit tests. Lecture format has been adopted by the
mathematics department as the preferred method of instruction,
although individual assistance during office hours and in the
developmental mathematics laboratory are of course necessary.
Tentative Course Calendar – Devl Math 1 –
T/TH (Fall 2010 – K Spizzirri)
DATE TOPIC
ASSIGNMENT
8/31 Course Introduction
9/2 2.1 – Basics of
Fractions
2.2 – Mixed
Numbers
9/7 Set up Notebooks
2.3 – Factors
2.4 – Writing a
fraction in lowest terms
9/9 2.5 – Multiplying
fractions
2.6 – Applications
of Mult.Fractions
9/14 2.7 – Dividing
Fractions
9/16 2.8 – Mult and
Dividing Mixed Numbers
9/21 Review Chapter
2
9/23 Chapter 2 Exam
9/28 3.1 – Adding and
Subtracting Like Fractions
3.2 – Least Common
Multiples
9/30 3.3 – Adding and
Subtracting Unlike Fractions
10/5 3.4 – Adding and
Subtracting Mixed Numbers
3.5 – Order of
Operations with fractions
10/7 Review Chapter 3
10/12 Fall Break
10/14 Chapter 3 Exam
4.1 – Reading and
Writing Decimals
4.2 – Rounding
Decimals
10/19 4.3 – Adding and
Subtracting Decimals
4.4 – Multiplying
Decimals
10/21 4.5 – Dividing Decimals
4.6 – Writing
Fractions as
Decimals
10/26 Chapter 4
Review
10/28 Chapter 4 Exam
11/2 5.1 – Ratios
5.2 - Rates
11/4 5.3 – Proportions
5.4 – Solving
Proportions
5.5 – Applications
with Proportions
11/9 Chapter 5
Review
11/11 Chapter 5 Exam
11/16 6.1 – Basics of
Percents
6.2 – Percents and
Fractions
11/18 6.3 – Using the Percent
Proportion
6.4 – Using the
Percent Proportion to Solve Word Problems
11/23 6.5 – Using the
Percent Equation
11/25 Thanksgiving Break – No
Class
11/29 Chapter 6 Review
12/1 Chapter 6 Exam
12/7 Final Exam Review
12/9 Comprehensive Final
Exam (See Schedule)
12/14 Comprehensive Final
Exam (See Schedule)
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