Preparatory Mathematics
2015
Team of Instructors:
Ciaran O’Sullivan and John Keogh
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Abbott and Costello math joke
http://www.schooltube.com/video/130f49947f551d61e5a8/
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Buzz session 1
• Introduce yourself to the people around
you.
• Now be ready for the next task………
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http://www.transum.org/Software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_March29.ASP
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Maths Study Skills
Contents:
Math Study Skills
Author: Alan Bass
Pyblkisher: Addison-Wesley (E)
ISBN13: 9780321513076
ISBN10: 0-321-51307-X
What Makes Math Different
Learning Styles
Math Anxiety
Managing Your Time
Your Class Notebook ,
Your Textbook and Homework
Class Time and Note Taking
Retention and General Study Strategies
Test Taking
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Buzz session 2
• Form into teams of 3 or 4 people.
• Now be ready for the next task………
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Chapter 2:
What Makes Math Different
• Why is maths so tough?
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The list of issues
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Maths Study Skills
Contents:
Math Study Skills
Author: Alan Bass
Publisher: Addison-Wesley (E)
ISBN13: 9780321513076
ISBN10: 0-321-51307-X
What Makes Math Different
Learning Styles
Math Anxiety
Managing Your Time
Your Class Notebook ,
Your Textbook and Homework
Class Time and Note Taking
Retention and General Study Strategies
Test Taking
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Discussion based on
Ideas from “Maths Study Skills” by Alan Bass
• Attitudes towards Maths.
• MATH ANXIETY
– Symptoms of Maths anxiety
– Why Maths anxiety
– THE CURE
“ However difficult your
struggles in maths might
be, I can assure you that
mine are greater.”
Albert Einstein.
Do math every day.
Study smart.
Do NOT skip class
Be organized.
Practice quizzing yourself.
Replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk.
Use your resources.
– THE PHYSIOLOGY OF ATTITUDE
• I am responsible for the grade I make in this course.
• I will be patient and persistent in pursuing this goal.
• I am smart enough to pass math.
• I will pay the price for success.
• Using Time.
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Class time - Before
• Reviewing the last class
– Reviewing your notes from the last class.
– Surveying the section that will be covered that day
– Reviewing the material from the last section to prepare
questions.
– Doing one or two problems from a previous section that you
know you can do.
• Punctuality
Be on time!
• Get a good seat
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ClassTime:
Class time is a workout; no pain, no gain
get a good seat,
arrive early
listen actively
– focus!!!!!!!
do not wait get
stuck in!
Class
take good notes,
ask questions.
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ClassTime: During Class
• Ask Questions!!!!!!!!!!
• "Could you quickly go back to. . . ?"
• "Is that the only way to do that step?"
• "Could that step be done this way?"
• "Could we. . . ?"
• "What's the difference between. . . ?"
• "What if we. . . ?"
• "Why did you have to. . . ?”
• "For this type of problem, is that example about at the level of
difficulty that would be on a test?" (Don't ask this one too
much!)
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ClassTime: After Class
• Do some work in between lectures
– attempt all the skills from the last class
• Reworking notes
• Reread the notes.
• Add in extra steps and comments to the notes so
that they are clearer.
• For something you don't understand, put a
question mark by
it and try write a question you could ask about it.
• circle key terms or formula or examples
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Free Help: mathcentre
• www.mathcentre.ac.uk
resources which will help you:
• Quick reference leaflets which provide easily accessible support on key
topics.
• Teach-yourself booklets with a more in-depth treatment of important topics
and which include theory, worked examples and exercises.
• Practice and revision booklets which contain hundreds of practice exercises
with answers.
• On-line exercises, which allow you to self-test or practice basic techniques.
• Mathtutor video tutorials on a wide range of mathematical topics.
(Streaming kindly provided by University of Portsmouth Creative
Technologies, http://stream.port.ac.uk)
• iPod video segments, useful short clips from our Mathtutor video tutorials
that you can download to your video iPod.
• 3GP mobile phone downloads, useful short clips from our Mathtutor video
tutorials that you can download to your mobile phone
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Moodle Page:
• Enrolment Key:……………………
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Mean,
Mode,
Median
Range
• Human Statistics!!!!!
• Shoe Size
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Reflection Sheets
• My reflections……….( key points learned,
high point of the course, low point of the
course, my mood, my learning, ……….)
• What have I learned from these
reflections? (One thought to carry
forward, aspects of learning of topic which
are still of concern, …….)
Each week and end of module
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