MATD 0421

First-day information:

A crucial requirement in the class is to work productively on the software for 10 hours per week (both in class and out of class) to learn math and to demonstrate that learning on assessments in the software that happen approximately once every 7 to 10 days. If you cannot work productively on this web-based software at home, you MUST arrange to come to a school computer lab to work on it at several times during the week in addition to your class time.

Here's what you will do on the first day of class:

• • Fill out the student information sheet: View Download

  • Start in the ALEKS software we will use (You paid for this when you registered for our class.)

  • Take an initial assessment test in the software.

  • Receive the course first-day-handout. It will be similar to the Spring 2017 handout here: View Download

The initial assessment will determine which topics you have already mastered sufficiently and which you need learning activities to master. If you want to get through developmental math as quickly as possible, you might review some on the math you already know. Many students find that some review on these three topics helps them place higher in the initial assessment:

• • arithmetic of negative numbers

  • solving linear equations

  • fractions

Many resources are available on the web to help students review. These are the appropriate pages in PurpleMath:

• • Arithmetic of negative numbers: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/negative.htm

  • Solving linear equations: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solvelin.htm

  • Fractions: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/fraction.htm

When you come to the first class, be prepared to log into Blackboard and find the information for this course. If you have not logged into Blackboard before, please come at least 15 minutes early and ask for help at the front desk in getting started in Blackboard.

Track your progress through the course: View Download