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Mathematics Notebook
Required by Everyone | Extra
Credit Opportunity | Notebook
Evaluation Form
Sample Extra Credit Work | Sample
Table of Contents
Required by Everyone:
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3-hole binder required. Your binder needs to be properly labeled.
Your
name and the title of the course should be clearly visibile. |
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Table of Contents required. The table of contents will need to be
updated after each chapter. A sample is included in this document which
shows what needs to be included in the Table of Contents. |
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All pages are to be numbered in the upper outside corner. |
| 4. |
Notes taken during class presentation |
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Section Division and Titles. |
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Important Terms Listed (highlighted) and defined. |
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Example Problems done, with some notes of explanation. |
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There should be some notes on every section. |
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Notes should be taken in class, not copied from the Web Page. The
Web Page can be an excellent source of material to supplement your notes,
or to use when you've been absent. |
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Assignments should be done in the same Mathematics Notebook. |
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Section Division and Titles. |
| b. |
(Not Just Answers) |
| c. |
Evidence of corrections done on at least some of the incorrect assignment
work. |
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Notebooks will be collected and corrected at the time of each chapter
test. |
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A grade will be given after each chapter, which will make up 20%
of the final grade. |
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Extra Credit Opportunity:
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Notes are neat and organized. (This may well require rewriting or
typing notes.) |
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For each assignment, 1 sample of each type of problem must be done
in a two column format. (see Sample Extra
Credit Work later in this document) |
| 3. |
Each section of extra credit in the notebook should be noted in
the table of contents. If this is not done, no extra credit will be
given. |
| 4. |
In addition to the grade which will be given in the 20% Notebook
Category, 1-10 points will be added to the test grade for that chapter.
(Not to exceed 100% on any test) |
Notebook
Evaluation Form Used at the end of each chapter:
Sample Extra Credit
Work:
One problem from each type of problem on each assignment is to be done
in the two column format shown below. The problem that is chosen should
be of medium difficulty for that section of problems. On the left side
of each page the problem is worked out step by step, and checked (if possible).
On the right side of each page, the corresponding steps on the left side
are explained or justified..
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Problem #20, page 13 |
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Use distributive property on left side |
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Combine two like 'x' terms on left side |
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Subtract x from both sides |
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Subtract 8 from both sides |
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Check |
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Substitution |
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Substitution |
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Substitution |
Note: that most example problems
in the Sample Problems section of this Web Site show more examples of exactly
how to do extra credit work.
Note: that you are to do
3 single examples of each problem type in each assingment. In a typical
chapter, there would be say 8 sections in the chapter. For maximum extra
credit, you would do 3 x 8 or 24 problems in the two-column format shown
above. If your notes are neat and you did a thorough job on your two-column
extra credit problems, you could get 10 points added on to your test score
for that chapter! (Not to exceed 100%)
Sample Table of Contents
Page:
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TOPICS
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PAGES
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| Course Outline |
1-2
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| Study Guidelines |
3
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| Chapter 1: Equations and Inequalities |
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| 1.1 Expressions and Formulas |
4
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| Terms |
4
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| Notes |
4-5
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| Examples |
5-6
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| Assignment |
6-7
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| Extra Credit Work for this section |
6,7
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| 1.2 Properties of Real Numbers |
8
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| Terms |
8
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| Notes |
8
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| Examples |
9-10
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| Assignment |
11
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| Assignment Corrections |
11-12
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| 1.3 Solving Equations |
12
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| Terms / Notes |
12-14
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| Examples |
12-14
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| Assignment |
15-16
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| Quiz |
17
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| Chart |
18
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| Extra Credit work for this section |
19-20
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