Textbook:
Section Number: 25225
MyMathLab Course ID: peterson16784
Instructor: Jacky Peterson
Website: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~jackypeterson/082_home.htm
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Office: MC 170 |
Office
Hours: 10 - 10:45 am Monday -
Wednesday - Friday and 10-10:30 am, 12-12:30 pm Tuesday,
Thursday I am always available via email should you have any questions or problems. |
FAX: (480) 461-7710
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Address: |
Mesa
Community College Attn: Jacky Peterson |
Email Correspondence
* In
all email correspondence with your instructor, please put
your
course,
name, and subject in the subject line . There are
many many internet students and this is critical for your
instructor to be able to maintain proper correspondence with
each of you. This
will also help distinguish your e-mail from the numerous
spam messages we receive. Not formatting your subject line
this way may result in your e-mail being lost.
For example: Subject: Mat082 Jack
Johnson, Help!
Online Attendance:
* Homework
assignments can be found on the CourseCompass page.
These are to be completed online and must be submitted by
the date of the exam. The overall schedule will help you
pace yourself to help you complete the course. * If
a student fails to submit homework via the computer over a
4-day period, the student may be withdrawn from the
class. * NEVER
assume you have been withdrawn. If you have NOT been
notified by me, you have NOT been
withdrawn!!
Online
Homework:
* Each
section on the schedule has a corresponding online HW
assignment. You must complete these assignments before
you take a chapter exam. It is critical that you
master the material here in the HW before moving on to the
exam. For
your convenience, you may print off the entire assignment,
work it out offline, reconnect and then submil your answers.
To do this you must be in the online homework portion of
CourseCompass. You should see an icon on the right which
says "Print Homework". * Each
assignment requires that the previous assignment has been
completed with a scores of at least 70%. This means
you cannot skip ahead sections and must
complete the course in order. This also means you
cannot access the chapter exams until
ALL the HW sections for the chapter have been
completed at the level of at least 70% * You
may do homework problems you got wrong in any homework set
over and over until you get the problem correct. I am
hoping as a result of this many of you will end up with a
100% on the HW. * The
online HW is to be thought of as a minimum set of HW
required. Many of you most likely will need to do more
practice to master the material. Do as many HW
problems as you can stand. The odd numbered exercises
in the text have answers in the back. You can also do the
"Tracked End
of Section Exercises" for more practice. These
will not count towards your grade, but will most certainly
help you master the material.
Online
Chapter Exams:
* There
will be seven (7) online exams which are posted in the
Course Compass Course page under "Take a Test". They are to
be completed by you and submitted by date and posted on the
schedule. The time deadline will always be 11pm of the due
date. Do NOT miss the deadline, you will be assigned a
zero for the exam and this will dramatically bring your
grade down. * You
may NOT start an exam until all the HW for the
chapter has been completed at a level of at least
70%. * You
may take each exam three (3) times before the
deadline. The best score will be used in calculating
your overall grade. Each exam has no time limit. The best
way to prepare for an exam is to do the practice test in
your book and/or as many HW exercises that you can stand
before attempting the exam. There are also sample practice
exams available in course compass. You do
not have to complete an exam in one sitting. You may stop
and restart an exam. The program will pick up where you left
off retaining your previous answers. Just remember to click
on submit WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE EXAM. It will then be
graded by the system and a grade recorded in your
gradebook. * If
the chapter test is not taken by the deadline a score of
zero will be recorded. All of your computer homework
must be completed prior to submitting your chapter
exams. * Calculators
should be used only to check you work on all tests. At this
level it is critical that you know how to do the operations
by hand. Not knowing how to do these operation by hand
and only using a calculator now will absolutely kill you in
later courses. I cannot stress enough that this course
is NOT meant to be a calculator button exercise.
Final
Exam: * The
exams can be found under the "Take A Test". These will
count 15% (each) towards your final grade. Like the
chapter exams you can take the exam as many times as you
wish and your best score will count towards your overall
grade. * The
Final Exam covers The whose course.
It
will be available to take upon completion of the Chapter
10&11 Test and needs to be submitted before Wednesday
(11:59 pm pm), 12/16. There is no time limit on this
exam and may be taken only once. The
best way to prepare for the final exam is to review your
previous 7 exams. You may print them off to review them if
you like. * The
final exam is required. Anyone not taking it will receive a
semester grade of F.
Non-Graded
Assessment Items (These assignments Will Not Count Toward
Your Grade): > Tracked End of
Section Exercises - These are tutorial exercises matched
to exercises within your textbook. Course Compass will score
each question and provide feedback. You can regenerate
similar problems until you have mastered the skill or
concept. > Practice End
of Section Exercises - These are exactly like
the Tracked End of Section Exercises, but they are not
scored or recorded. > Textbook
Exercises - Recommended textbook exercises will be
available in the Assignments link within the course shell. I
strongly recommend that you complete them. Remember,
practice makes perfect. > Chapter Sample
Tests - These are more practice exercises to help
you prepare for the Take-Home Chapter exams as well as the
midterm and final.
Grades:
Your grade for the course will be determined as follows:
HW
Assignments (completed online): 30%
of the final grade (50 @ 0.6% each).
Online Chapter Exams:
Final Exam:
40% of the final grade (8 @ 5% each).
30% of the final grade.
Grading Scale: Standard Grading Scale
A - 90% - 100%
B - 80% - 89%
C - 70% - 79%
D - 60% - 69%
Below 60%
Schedule
and Deadlines for work: * Please
check the schedule often to assure that you are staying on
schedule and to be certain you are ready to complete the
chapter exams by the assigned dates. * Each day
on the calendar has a suggested section that you
should be working on. You may work ahead or fall
behind, but you must complete all HW for a chapter before
the exam deadline. The only deadline that must be kept
is the chapter exam deadline. * Please
check your email and CourseCompass course DAILY as that is
the way of communicating with you and giving you updates
with regards to material.
Dishonesty:
If
cheating or dishonesty of any form occurs, action will be taken as
outlined in the Student Handbook. * Students
may use the computers located in the library on campus to do
your computer work. Check with the library for
operating hours. * You can
obtain a free email account from MCC. * Free
Math Help can be obtained by contacting me. I'll
do my best to respond promptly and give you the best
possible instruction. * Free
scheduled (1 hour per week) tutoring is available in the
library. See the information desk located in the
library to find location. * Free
drop-in tutoring is available in the Math Learning Center
(located in the MS building). The hours are posted
each semester depending on available tutors (usually help is
available from 8am-8pm Mon-Thurs)
Special Needs:
If you
have any special needs, please see your instructor to discuss the
appropriate accommodations for limitations due to any disability,
including learning disabilities.
Additional Resources:
We reserve the right to add to or amend the above requirements.