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Intermediate Algebra (MW FALL2010)
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
3. 3
Ring Binder with dividers (Optional)
4.
Notebook paper
5.
Pen/Pencil – All assignments turned in for grading must be
completed
in blue or black ink or pencil. No exceptions.
6.
Notecards (Optional)
NO CELL
PHONES ARE ALLOWED IN CLASS!!
PREREQUISITE:
Devl 0309 or a placement score on TVCC placement test.
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. Any student that is caught cheating a
second time will automatically receive an F in the class and be
reported to the Dean of Instruction.
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. 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.
If a student’s overall average is between
60% and 70% and in the opinion of the instructor he or she has
made significant progress the student may receive a grade of D
(passing) or a grade of IP (in progress), a non-punitive grade
which indicates that the student must re0enroll for Intermediate
Algebra in their next semester at TVCC. To receive a grade of C
or higher students must have an overall average of 70% or better
and they must pass the comprehensive final exam with a
grade of 70% or better.
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.
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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 – Int.Alg (Fall
2010 – K Spizzirri)
DATE TOPIC
ASSIGNMENT
8/30 Course Introduction
My Math Lab
Registration Procedures
9/1 Review of Sign Rules
and Multiplication of Polynomials
9/6 No Class – Labor Day
Holiday
9/8 Quiz
13.1 – Factors, GCF
9/13 Quiz
13.1 – Factor by Grouping – Factoring 4 terms
9/15 Quiz
13.2 – 13.6 –
Factoring Techniques – Focus on Trinomials
9/20 Quiz
13.2 – 13.6 –
Factoring Techniques – Focus on Trinomials
9/22 Quiz
13.2 – 13.6 –
Factoring Techniques – Focus on Binomials
9/27 Quiz
13.7 – Solving
Quadratic Equations using the Factoring Method
9/29 Quiz
Chapter 13 Review
10/4 Chapter 13
Exam
10/6 Re-teach Ch 13
10/11 Fall Break
10/13 14.1 – The Fundamental
Property of Rational Expressions
10/18 Quiz
14.2 – Mult and
Dividing Rational Expressions
10/20 Quiz
Chapter 14 Review
10/25 Chapter 14 Exam
10/27 16.1 – Evaluating Roots
11/1 Quiz
16.2 – Mult,
Dividing and Simplifying Radicals
11/3 Quiz
16.3 – Adding and
Subtracting Radicals
11/8 Quiz
16.4 –
Rationalizing the Denominator
11/10 Quiz
16.5 – More
Simplifying and operations with Radicals
11/15 Quiz
Chapter 16 Review
11/17 Chapter 16 Exam
11/22 Re-Teach/Review
11/24 Re-Teach/Review
11/29 Re-Teach/Review
12/1 Re-Teach/Review
12/6 Final Exam Review
12/8 Final Exam – See
Schedule
12/13 Final Exam – See
Schedule
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