Professor Poirier | D328 | Fall 2024

Author: Kate Poirier (Page 2 of 9)

Are you bad at math? Really???

Comment due Sunday, November 3

“I’m bad at math.”

Everyone on earth, probably

Background

“I’m bad at math.” This is something I’ve heard from a handful of students (in different classes) over the last few years. It’s devastating to me to hear anyone say this about themselves… let alone my own students, but it’s very common to feel this way, especially around exam time.

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Week 8 checklist

Monday, October 21 to Sunday, October 27

Lessons

WeBWorK

  • Rational Functions – Asymptotes
  • Rational Functions – Graphs
  • Rational Functions – Comprehensive
    • You could have completed the above three sets last week, except for the problems asking about horizontal asymptotes
  • Polynomials – Inequalities
  • Rational Functions – Inequalities

OpenLab

  • Test #2 review part 1 (comment, instructions)
  • Test #2 review part 2 (post, instructions)
  • If you have already posted your Test #1 solutions, check to see if the rest of your group has posted. Reach out to any members who have not yet to see if they need help. If you have not already posted your Test #1 solution, post it this week. Reach out to your group members if you need help with your part.

Other

  • Test #2: Monday, October 28
    • Chapters 7-12
  • Last day to withdraw officially from the course: Wednesday, November 6
  • Work through this activity on the sine and cosine functions by Sunday, November 10 for an extra participation point. If you sign in using your free Desmos account, you should be able to save your work and return to it. Otherwise, you will have to complete the activity in one session.

Test #2 review part 2

Post due Sunday, October 27

The instructions for this activity are similar to those for the Test #1 review activity.

Test #2 is scheduled for Monday, October 28. As a class, you will create a review sheet here on the OpenLab. Each student will solve one problem and post their full solution on the OpenLab. You may take a photo of your hand-written work and place it directly in your post, or you may upload it to Dropbox or Google drive (or some other file-sharing platform) and copy-paste the link to your photo in your OpenLab post.

Topics:

  • Chapters 7-12
  • Make sure all the topics are represented; don’t solve a problem that one of your classmates has already posted the solution for.

Resources: choose one problem to solve from:

Your post must include:

  1. Where you found the problem (for example, “Final exam review sheet #3(c)”)
  2. Your complete solution, showing all your work
  3. Title: Test #2 Review
  4. Category: Test #2 Review
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