PREM 0200: Math Test Prep and Skill Building
Fall 2012
BLDG 210.2 Angela Morales | M-Th 1:30-3:30
MyFoundationsLab Course ID: hernandez97254
Instructor: Mrs. Kathryn Hernandez
Instructor Contact Information: Phone: (409) 277 0458. email: khernz7@hotmail.com
Office location and hours: Faculty office 1st floor of the Angela Morales Building
Open Lab Information: Lab location. List days and times for which the lab will be available. Each PREM 0200student is required to
attend this lab a minimum of 32 hours for the four weeks that they are enrolled in PREM 0200. After completion of these 32 hours,
the student will receive a certificate of completion which they will be able to bring to the Testing Center in order to retake the MATH
portion of the COMPASS College Placement Exam.
This is not a course for which students are normally registered. This individualized assignment is the mechanism HCCS has for
handling students who are preparing to take or to retake their college placement examination. Students are placed into the PREM
0200 course if they are within 3 points of placing into either Math 0308, Math 0312, or Math 1314.
Course Description: MyFoundationsLab will be used to create individualized assignments for each student enrolled in the course.
The assignments will include attending class, working with the instructor or tutor and/or working on the computer tutorials, etc. The
assignment depends on the assessed needs of the student; it is not at the same level for all students in the course. Each student must
agree to accept and honor his particular assignment before the student is enrolled in the course.
Prerequisites: There are no course prerequisites. However, the student should have taken the COMPASS Placement exam prior to
enrolling in PREM 0200.
Course Goal: This course is intended for students who wish to prepare for their college placement exam in the area of MATH.
Learning Objectives:
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Students will learn to learn to compound their prior knowledge and new knowledge and apply it to their college placement
test.
Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and learn to use logical reasoning to answer standardized test questions.
Learning Outcome: Students will raise their Prealgebra and/or Algebra COMPASS Placement scores.
Instructional Methods: All students must show up on the first day of class for the course orientation and must bring a copy of their
COMPASS Testing Results with them. All course assignments will be completed using MyFoundationsLab.
Grading: Students must take the COMPASS Exam on the last day of class and provide the results to their instructor before receiving a
grade for this course. Grades are as follows:
A: Student has attended class and has placed into a higher level of mathematics based upon COMPASS test results.
IP: Student has attended class but failed to place into the next level of mathematics based upon COMPASS test results. The
“IP” grade can only be given one time.
F: Student has attended class but has failed to place into the next level of mathematics based upon COMPASS test results and
student has already received a grade of “IP” for this class in a previous semester.
Withdrawal: Students who do not work on their individualized assignment in accordance with their agreement, may be withdrawn.
Personal Communication Device Policy: All personal communication devices (any device with communication capabilities
including but not limited to cell phones, blackberries, pagers, cameras, palmtop computers, lap tops, PDA's, radios, headsets, portable
fax machines, recorders, organizers, databanks, and electronic dictionaries or translators) must be muted or turned off during class.
Such activity during class time is deemed to be disruptive to the academic process. Personal communication devices are to not be on
the student desk.
ADA Policy: Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange
reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester.
Faculty is authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.
Please visit the ADA Website – www.hccs.edu, then click on Future Students, scroll down the page and click on Disability Information:
Central ADA Counselors – 713.718.6165
Northeast ADA Counselor – 713.718.8420
Northwest ADA Counselor – 713.718.5422
Southeast ADA Counselor – 713.718.7218
Southwest ADA Counselor – 713.718.7910
Coleman ADA Counselor – 713.718.7631
MATH PLACEMENT IN MYFOUNDATIONSLAB
MyFoundationsLab will diagnose and place each student into individualized learning paths. The following criteria are used to
determine which Math path builder should be used.
If the student does not have a previous COMPASS or Course Placement Result, the student should take the Math Path Builder Exam.
If the student has COMPASS results, the course placement will determine which Path Builder is appropriate:
COMPASS Mathematics Score
None Available
PALG: 1 – 48 or ALG: 1 – 38
PALG: 49 - 100 or ALG: 39 – 48
ALG: 49 – 70
ALG: 71 – 100 or CALG: 1 – 100
HCC Course Placement
None Available
MATH 0102, MATH 0306, MATH 0106
MATH 0308, MATH 0108
MATH 0312, MATH 0112
MATH 1314, MATH 1332, or higher
MyFoundationsLab Path Builder
Diagnostic Test
Math Path Builder
Fundamentals 1 Path Builder
Fundamentals 2 Path Builder
Intermediate Algebra Path Builder
College Mathematics Path Builder
PREM 0200: Math Test Prep and Skill Building
Fall 2012
BLDG 210.2 Angela Morales | M-Th 1:30-3:30
MyFoundationsLab Course ID: hernandez97254
LEARNING CONTRACT BETWEEN:
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(Student)
& Houston Community College
Professor _______________________________________________________
Campus Location:_______________________________________________________________
Phone: ___________________ Email: _____________________
Student Responsibilities:
1. Orientation: All students must attend the orientation session which is held on the first day.
2. Previous COMPASS Placement Results: The results of each student’s COMPASS Placement Results
must be provided to the course instructors, who will use these results to determine the area of study:
Fundamentals I, Fundamentals II, Intermediate Algebra, or College Algebra.
3. MyFoundationsLab: Each student will be enrolled in MyFoundationsLab during the first class period.
4. Diagnostic Pretest: Once the area of study has been identified, the student must create their
individualized learning path by completing the appropriate Path Builder Exam.
5. Time Requirement: Students are required to attend the open lab for a minimum of 16 hours during the
week-long class. Although time is tracked in MyFoundationsLab, students should sign in each time they
enter the open lab and sign out each time they leave.
6. Final COMPASS Placement Results: The results of each student’s COMPASS Placement Results must
be provided to the course instructors, who will use these results to determine the course grade. The
Final COMPASS Placement Exam should be scheduled for the last day of class.
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Faculty Signature
Date
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Student
Date