Mathematics and Statistics
Ashley McHale
@Las Positas College
Learn how to get started with my online classes.
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is ONLINE for Spring 2021. You can still access services.
Unlike a live classroom, asynchronous (delayed) online environments like ours this fall provide you with time to think and reflect before you engage in the content. This model gives everyone a chance to share and contribute with the class.
Mathematics is the study of patterns. There are patterns everywhere! We mathematicians love finding, classifying, and modeling them. I hope to teach you that patterns (and therefore, math) is everywhere, and that you too can engage in this exciting field!
I believe that each one of you has the ability to learn and understand mathematics. My passion is helping you learn.
If you encounter any problems during the course – whether it be with Canvas, with my instruction, this website, with homework, with class time, with other students, or with what is going on in your life – please communicate with me. Let me know how I can correct the concern, help you stay on track with your learning, or just be an ear to listen if you need it. I am here to help you!
Information for All Students
Frequently Asked Questions about the class and about LPC
Learn about my teaching philosophy and expectations for the class.
General info about Grades (for specific course info about grades, see the individual class).
Student Contact Hours for Fall 2021
I am on Sabbatical leave for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022! No classes or contact hours, but I'm still advising the Math Club and AGS. You can email me at amchale@laspositascollege.edu and I'll respond when I can. If you're in one of those clubs, reach out to me through Canvas!
Courses Taught Spring 2021
Statistics & Probability
Intermediate Algebra for STEM
Workshops to help you succeed
Contact Information
Learn about my teaching philosophy and expectations for the class.
If you are enrolled in a current class, please message me through Canvas!
Online
Email Address: amchale@laspositascollege.edu
My Name Badge: Learn how to say my name! (And make your own too, it's free!)
On Campus
Office 2104
Tel 925-424-1351 (but send me a message instead - I don't check messages often!)
3000 Campus Hill Drive
Livermore, CA 94551
Office Hours ("Student Contact Hours") & Link
Online in Zoom, which is a web conferencing tool. Not only can we see and hear each other, but we can also view each other’s screens, which comes in handy when we are discussing assignments or any parts of the course. There is also a built-in chat tool feature within Zoom.
These hours are set aside during the week for me to meet with you and answer your questions! If these times don't work for you, message me and we can arrange a meeting outside these times.
Mondays 11am-12:15pm
Tuesdays 10:30am-11:20am; 1:00-1:50pm
Wednesdays 12:30pm-1:45pm
My daughter Grace and me on Pi Day 2019 (3.14...)
Other ways to Connect:
Connect with me and other students on SLACK (Math 40 only). You'll need a link, so reach out to me if you can't find it on Canvas.
On the Remind App. You can text me during the test if something goes wrong. Instructions are on Canvas.
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for math-specific videos, or visit just to see how I teach!
Contact Response Time
Within 48 hours during the week; Within 72 hours during the weekend
Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, ‘I must keep going.’ It’s that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, ‘Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.’ ~Cory Booker
Media Credits:
Fractal Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay
Rotating "Mathematics" images: Various Artists: https://unsplash.com/collections/10759148/mathematics
Grace and Me: Image by Ashley McHale
Background for "Contact information": Image by Woody wood from Pixabay
Bottom Quote Background: Man Climbing Rocks, Photo by Maja Kochanowska on Unsplash