Welcome To The Tomball College Math Lab

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Welcome To LSC-Tomball Independent Study Math
Course
Yes, it really is an independent study course!
MATH 0310 Section 3W001 Intermediate Algebra
Orientation
Theresa Fritzel Online at home or at one of the
Lone Star College campuses
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Is Independent Study Right for you?

• Benefits
• You set your time
• You determine the pace
• must show progress
• must finish course within the semester
• Disadvantages
• No lecture time
• You do the work online and in your book
• Much harder than a lecture course
• Easy to procrastinate and fall behind
• Major Requirements for success
• Self-discipline
• Good study habits
• Should I take an online course?

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What Materials do I need?

• A computer with internet access
• A valid, working email address
• MyMathLab Student Access code
• The textbook is available online in our MyMathLab
  section
• Math 0308 and 0310 use the same textbook at
  LSC-Tomball. If you took an 0308 course that
  used the text listed below, your MyMathLab
  account should still be valid and you will NOT
  need to purchase a new code. Please log into
  MyMathLab and try adding a course BEFORE you
  purchase a new MyMathLab student access code.
• If you find you do not have an active MyMathLab
  account for this text, you may purchase a
  MyMathLab access code from the bookstores, or
  directly from www.coursecompass.com if you have a
  credit card
• Beginning Intermediate Algebra, 4th ed., Elayn
  Martin-Gay, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009, ISBN
  0-13-600731-7
• Used for both Math 0308 and 0310
• Available online in our MyMathLab section
• hard copy purchase is optional
• Supplementary materials
• Calculator Required for Math 0310
• TI-84 plus, TI-84, TI-83, TI-83 plus

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How Much Time?

• 64 total hours
• OR
• 4 hours (or more) each week in Fall and Spring
• 7 hours (or more) each week in Summer
• Reading your book/course materials
• working odd problems in the book
• in MyMathLab
• working assigned homework sets (at home)
• in Angel
• studying materials (at home)
• taking calculator quizzes (at home)
• taking tests (at testing center)
• in math center for tutoring help (if needed)
• 2 hours study/1 credit hour
• 4 credit hour class at least 8 hours of study
  each week

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How often?

• Flexibility
• Every day
• Three times a week
• Twice a week
• Minimum required but no maximum
• Accrue time at your own pace

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Calendar

• In Angel I will post a suggested schedule of
  events
• Homework assignments
• Available all semester
• Worked in MyMathLab from home
• Calculator Quizzes
• Available all semester
• Worked in Angel from home
• Test dates
• Suggested start date is posted to keep you on
  track
• Are available all semester
• Worked in Angel at testing center
• Holidays
• THEA dates

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Math 0310 Study Guide

• We will be covering the following in 0310
• Integrated Review (Ch. 3), Sections 3.5, 8.1,
  3.6, Integrated Review (Ch. 4), 4.5
• Sections 9.1, 9.4, Integrated Review (Ch. 6),
  Section 6.6 - 6.7
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 10
• Sections 11.1 11.3
• Review materials posted in Angel in the Learning
  Modules for each specific exam
• Do assigned homework in MyMathLab (at home)
• Take calculator quizzes in Angel (at home)
• Work the practice exams posted in Angel
• Tested on concepts, definitions, and processes

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Preparing for Exams

• To prepare for the exams
• Read your text
• Review the materials posted by exam in Angel in
  the Learning Modules
• Work the odds in your book and check their
  answers
• Work the graded homework in MyMathLab
• For extra practice, rework homework
  problems...they change each time you access them
• Use Math Center resources
• Free Tutoring
• Manipulatives
• Study Aids
• Use online resources when doing homework in
  MyMathLab
• Help me solve this link
• View an Example link
• Lecture videos link
• Online textbook link
• Ask my Professor link sends me a message and
  I reply to you.

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Taking the Exams

• Online in any approved Lone Star College
  Assessment Center
• must tell me which assessment center you prefer
• Not on list, no test
• Know the hours of operation for your chosen
  center
• Click here for testing centers and hours
• Photo ID required
• I need to know that it is you
• No id, no test
• Calculators are necessary

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Math Tutoring available at

• LSC-Cy-Fair
• LSC-Fairbanks Cntr
• LSC-Greenspoint Cntr
• LSC-Kingwood
• LSC-Montgomery
• LSC-North Harris
• LSC-Tomball

Click here for more information
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Online tools in Angel for help from the
instructor

• Discussion board
• post questions
• Whiteboard
• meet in a whiteboard room to go over exercises
• Need to set up a time in advance to meet
• Chatroom
• talk about tricky concepts
• Need to set up a time in advance to meet

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Resources at LSC-Tomball

• Supplemental Books and Exercises
• Use in Math Area
• May be checked out
• C230 circulation desk
• Ask first
• Free worksheets and handouts
• Manipulatives for the kinesthetic learner

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Graded Work

• Online homework assignments in MyMathLab at home
• 24 Regular sections, 7 points each
• 3 Integrated Review Sections, 14 points each
• 200 points
• Chapter tests online in Angel at testing center
• 4 tests, 100 points each
• 400 points total
• Calculator quizzes
• 6 quizzes
• can be reworked to improve grademeant to
  instruct on calculator use, not be a quiz of
  calculator use
• 100 points total
• Final Exam online in Angel at testing center
• Cumulative, 200 points
• 900 total points

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Grading Policy

• A 89.5 - 100.0
• B 79.5 - 89.4
• C 69.5 - 79.4
• IP or F lt 69.4
• IP means you completed the course work but
  didnt make the required 69.5 to pass
• Reasons for a failing grade
• No consistent progress
• Dont log enough hours
• Dont take the final exam

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How do I get started?

• First, since we will be doing all of our
  communication through email
• Email me with a current email address and include
  the following
• You must "agree" that you understand how an
  independent study online course will be different
  from an in class course
• list how you think an independent study online
  course will differ from a lecture course
• Send this note to
• mymathprof_at_att.net

• First, since we will be doing all of our
  communication through email
• Email me with a current email address and include
  the following
• You must "agree" that you understand how an
  independent study online course will be different
  from an in class course
• list how you think an independent study online
  course will differ from a lecture course
• Send this note to

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How do I get started?

• Second, because your final will be administered
  at Lone Star College testing centers using Angel
  and we will use the Angel email for secure
  communication
• Go to LSC-online to get your Angel login and
  password
• Click on the Get Started link
• Click on the LSC-online login information link
• If you have never logged in before, you can find
  your username and password using this form
• Login to Angel and look at the home page.
• Our course will show up after you take the
  mandatory Orientation provided through the Angel
  website.
• Prove that you have accessed Angel
• Send me an email through Angel
• tell me in which testing center you want to take
  your tests

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How do I get started?

• Third, because your homework will be completed
  online for a grade
• Obtain a MyMathLab student access code
• If you were in 0308 or 0310 at Tomball within the
  last year, your account may still be activetest
  it before purchasing a new code
• Purchase from bookstore
• Purchase directly from MyMathLab
• Using the student code, register for and login to
  MyMathLab
• Course id for the Homework Course and the zip
  code for LSC-Tomball
• FRITZEL90783
• Please note that this code is my last name
  fritzel followed by 5 numbers
• 77375
• Enter the course, click on the Installation
  Wizard
• Prove that you have accessed MyMathLab
• Send me an email and describe how to access the
  graded homework assignments

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Summary

• Using your current email address, drop me a note
  and include the following
• "agree" that you understand how the online course
  will be different from an in class course
• list how you think an independent study online
  course will differ from a lecture course
• After the class has begun
• Send me a note in Angel email
• Tell me where you want to take your exams
• Login to MyMathLab and register for our course

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How to be successful in Independent Study Courses

• Be Goal oriented dont procrastinate, no excuses
• Verify understanding of concepts with instructor
  or tutor
• Do your homework
• MyMathLab definitelyfor a grade
• Odds in the book at the end of each section for
  more practice!
• Practice good study skills
• Two hours of study for each hour of class
• Follow Dr. Noltings test taking strategies
  (video in LSC-Tomball Math Lab)