Basic Skills Math Courses

Instructor Steven

Diaz

Sequence of Courses

Basic Skills Math CoursesBased on SAT & Placement Test Scores

Courses do not count for GPA.

MAT 098Arithmetic Review

MAT 099Intro to Algebra

MAT 100Intermediate Algebra

Count as elective credits

Instructional Model

No Lectures!

Learning by Doing!

Learning by Reflecting!

Self-Paced Learning

Computer Assisted Instruction

Classroom is a learning center!

Individualized Instruction

What is ALEKS?

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What More About ALEKS?

• Learn what you need to learn, not what you already know.

• Periodical assessments• Visual displays of what

you have learned and need to learn

• Immediate feedback• No multiple-choice

questions• All assignments and tests

are taken in ALEKS

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Classroom Policies

• Check constantly your STU e-mail.• Computers are for academic purposes.• No food and drinks in the lab.• Onsite attendance is mandatory on

Wednesdays– 1 Absence = 2 percent points loss.

• Online attendance is mandatory the other two days of the course: Mon. & Fri.– Hours/week average must be at least 6.

• Quizzes are taken immediately after completing a slice.

• Retake quizzes until earning at least 70%.

• No cell phones during class.• Bring your own supplies.• Calculators are allowed on certain

instances.• Pie must be completed by the week

prior finals.• Incomplete grade is granted if pie is

completed and 3/4 of the quizzes were taken by end of course.

• Read course syllabus for other policies.

Course Work

• Practice Problems: ALEKS’ Pie

• Quizzes

• Final Exam: Comprehensive Assessment

• Math2.0 Assignments– Learning by Teaching: Online Presentations– Math Awareness: Posting comments at

instructor’s blog– Graphic Organizers: Posted in Bb– Difficult Problems: Discussion board in Bb.

When you are…

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To pass this course…

• Complete whole pie in ALEKS.

• Take all quizzes.

• Your overall average is at least 70% for MAT098 & 099 and 75% for MAT100A.

Students can exit this course and be placed in the next higher level math course if they score 90% in the Initial Assessment that will be administered during the first week of the course.

• Icebreaker: Introducing Myself (Bb)

• Syllabus Quiz (Bb)

• Math Anxiety Survey (Bb)

• Initial Assessment (ALEKS)