Professor Kate Poirier | D046 | Fall 2023

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MAT 1275 X MAT 2680 Collab

Due Monday, November 20

MAT 1275 students’ instructions

MAT 1275 students, the instructions here are not for you! Do not comment on this post! See the post with your instructions over on the MAT 2680 site here.

MAT 2680 students’ instructions

MAT 2680 students, welcome to the MAT 1275 site! Some of you probably took MAT 1275 at CityTech but for those of you who didn’t: MAT 1275 is CityTech’s College Algebra and Trigonometry course. The students in this class have just finished learning techniques for solving quadratic, rational, and radical equations in one variable and they’re about to learn about graphing linear and quadratic equations in two variables.

So the MAT 1275 students are like past versions of you! They’re a few semesters behind where you are in their math journeys. What advice do you have for them to help them succeed?

  • Maybe you’d like to tell them what skills or material you think is most important from MAT 1275 or any of the other math classes you took before MAT 2680?
  • Maybe you’d like to tell them what you wish they’d learned better from MAT 1275 any of the other math classes you took before MAT 2680?
  • Maybe you’d just like to tell them how you have succeeded in your math classes?
  • Maybe you’d like to tell them something more personal like what your major is, what you like about differential equations, what you liked about Algebra and Trigonometry, or what other math classes you have to take?

Your instructions for this assignment are simple: in the comments below, give the MAT 1275 students some unsolicited advice.

Since you have not commented in this group before, your comments will not appear right away. They have to be approved by the administrator first, but the administrator is me and I’ll approve any advice as long as itis not too inappropriate. Anyone who offers any advice will earn participation credit.

Group post: solving rational and radical equations

Due Monday, November 13

Two types of equations we solve in this class are rational equations and radical equations (HOT topic standard 7). Sometimes it can be a bit tricky finding the standard 7 question on your HOT topics question paper. Each question paper has one question that asks you to solve a rational or radical equation.

For this week’s group assignment, group members will look back at their old HOT topics question papers. As a group, select two standard 7 problems from your group’s old question papers: one asking you to solve a rational equation and one asking you to solve a radical equation. Solve both of these questions as a group using the 6-point problem-solving framework. You may wish to refer to examples in the workbook.

The secretary’s post should include:

  1. the 6 steps for the rational equations problem (you may include a link to a photo of hand-written work),
  2. the 6 steps for the radical equations problem (you may include a link to a photo of hand-written work),
  3. the names of the group members who participated,
  4. the title Week 11 group [n] post (where [n] represents your group number),
  5. the category Week 11 group post.

OpenLab assignment: 6-point problem solving for another course

Due Monday, November 13

The 6-point problem-solving framework that we have been using for HOT topics questions can be used to solve problems in other disciplines too. Using the framework for one of your science or engineering classes would not be that different from using it for your HOT topics questions, but the framework can be applied in your arts, english, history, or any other of your classes too!

For this assignment, choose a problem/question from any one of your other classes and solve it using the 6-point framework. Depending on the topic/question you choose, you may have to reinterpret any of the 6 points to make them fit better. You can either type your work directly into a post or you can link to a photo of your hand written work.

Your post must include:

  1. The course code and name of the course.
  2. The full text of the problem/question.
  3. Your complete work for all 6 points, including your complete solution/answer in step 6.
  4. Your impression of how solving/answering the problem/question from your other course using the 6 points compared to solving HOT topics problems is.
    • Do you think the 6 points worked well for the particular topic you chose? Why or why not?
    • Did you have to reinterpret any of the 6 steps?
    • Would you recommend the 6-point framework to your classmates in that class even if they’re not using it in their math class? Why or why not?
    • Any other thoughts you have about using the problem-solving framework in other classes.
  5. Title: 6-point problem solving for [the discipline you’ve chosen]
  6. Category: 6-point other class
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