Description: This is a face to face four-day introduction/review class. It consists of basic algebra skills including the real number system, operations with real numbers, the multiplication and division rules for exponents, operations with polynomials, factoring, and an introduction to graphing. Study skills, hands-on explorations, and information about the Student Success Center will also be included. Practice problems will be assigned using an eBook from Hawkes publishing at no cost to the student. Class participation is required.
Completing this class does not excuse students from taking MATH 0911B, nor are they allowed to retake a placement test in order to test out of MATH 0911B. The student will receive a certificate of completion if they attend all four days.
Purpose: To encourage, motivate, and support students that have not taken algebra before, students that have been out of school for more than two years, or students that withdrew from or failed MATH 0911B. This class also gives students the opportunity to work with online material using the same format they will use in the MATH 0911B class.
Location: Lanier Technical College, Forsyth Campus, James Harrington Building (building A), Room A229
Days: January 4 ,5, 6, 7
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Objectives:
Tuesday, January 4th
- Study Skill – Note Taking and Practice, Patience, and Persistence!
- Real Number System
- Introduction to Hawkes
- Introduction to Student Success Center
- Real Numbers – Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide
Wednesday, January 5th
- Study Skill – Overcoming Anxiety
- Exponents – Multiplication Rule, Division Rule
- Polynomials – Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide
Thursday, January 6th
- Study Skill – Preparing to Take a Math Test
- Solve first degree equations
- Factoring
Friday, January 7th
- Graphing – plotting points
- Graphing – Linear Equations using slope, x- and y- intercepts, slope-intercept form of a line
- How to Use Your Calculator
