Northern Virginia Community College

Self-paced classes are good for those that are self-disciplined enough to set their goals, establish a schedule and stick to it. Self-paced classes are NOT good for those students who have always relied on the instructor’s verbal explanation and never tried to read the text or work out examples to learn new material.

The textbook for this course is meant to guide you through the material with minimal help from a teacher. Sometimes you may feel the need for extra help. We encourage you to ask us questions when the book leaves gaps, but this should not be your primary method of instruction. Students requiring an instructor’s verbal explanation to learn math, rather than self-paced learning from the text, should enroll in a lecture section of the course instead of the self-paced section.

A schedule of recommended completion dates for each chapter is attached. Try to stay as close as possible to this recommended schedule.

Note that self-paced does not mean no-pace.  In accordance with college attendance policy, students who do not exhibit suitable effort (primarily demonstrated by taking tests) toward completing the course prior to the voluntary withdrawal date will be subject to administrative withdrawal.  Returning students should be aware that they are expected to continue to make progress during the first half of the semester even if their prior work would have them "on-pace" at the withdrawal date.

You will take a test at the end of each chapter. Note that Chapter 1 has been divided into three units for testing purposes. You will also take two review tests. The first covers Chapter R through 4; the second covers Chapter 5 through 8. Chapter 9 is not included in the course objectives.

You can re-test when needed, but there are only three versions of each test available.

After your first unsuccessful attempt, we will ask to see your work in solving certain selected problems from the chapter before allowing you to test a second time.

If you fail three times on the same chapter you must complete each of the MathXL practice tests for the chapter with a grade of at least 80%. When you bring the printed results to the Math Center showing at least 80% on each of the practice tests, you may retest the fourth time on that chapter.

If you must make an additional request to retest on the same chapter, you will have to meet with the head of the math department to discuss further retesting.

Since this course does not count as college credit, your grade is not the usual A-B-C type, but rather depends on the amount of material you cover.

* Receiving a grade of "U" or "R" means you must register again for the course in the next semester (and pay again) in order to complete it, at which time you will get a grade of "S." If this is your second semester in the course, and you do not finish, you need to successfully complete 5 tests beyond where you stopped the previous semester and at least through Chapter 5 to earn a grade of "R".

The staff at the Math Center is willing to accommodate students with disabilities in accordance with NVCC policy. Please note that it is the student’s responsibility to present a signed form from the Counseling Center detailing the accommodations to which you are entitled.

Academic dishonesty (cheating) subjects you to possible disciplinary actions ranging from admonition to dismissal, along with any grade penalty the instructor might impose.

Read each section carefully. Study the examples worked out in the section as you read, and do the similar problems in the margins to see if you understand the procedures you are reading. Answers for these problems are found in the appendix, beginning after page 826. Also do the "Calculator Corner" problems as you encounter them, to learn and practice with various features of the graphing calculator. After reading the section, reinforce your learning even more by doing the recommended exercises indicated in the list below, as well as additional problems if you feel that you want extra practice. The appendix has answers to odd numbered end of section exercises and all Summary exercises. Answers for even-numbered end of section exercises in the recommended list are attached to this syllabus.

We strongly suggest that you keep a notebook containing the exercises you do, with your work neatly shown. If you need to take a chapter test more than once, we will ask to see your work on certain assigned problems before allowing you to retest.

SUGGESTED STUDY PROBLEMS FOR REVIEW TESTS

1,29,32,49,52,53,56,58,59,60

Page 407: 6,7

7,8,11,18,22,24,25,29,30,39,41,42,43,46

Page 241: 19

11,12,13,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,27,31,32,33,34

5,6,7,9,10,11,12

Plus rework "Prepare for test" (pages 320-322) from suggested HW

2,12,14,15,20,22,24,26,28,35,36,37,39

3,5,7,8,9,10,17,19,21,22,25,27

13,24,30,34,35,37,41

Page 570: 15,16,19,20,23,35

Chapter 7, pages 663-664

1,3,6,9,10,16,17,18,22

Plus rework "Prepare for test" (pages 660-662) from suggested HW

1,12,17,18,25,26,27,29,32,34

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Section 3.6	4)  25, 50, 105 degrees		Section 7.1	80) barge  8 km/hr       boat   15 km/hr
Section 4.1	24)a) 144 ft.  b) 1024 ft.
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