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HCCS Central Campus/First 4 weeks FALL 2013/CRN 67608/Classes meet MW 8-10AM/JBW204
Instructor: L. Ann Doiron (“Ms. D.”)
Instructor Contact Information: Phone: (713) 718-6441. email: ann.doiron@hccs.edu
Office location and hours: J. Don Boney Building on Holman at Caroline; Suite 310;Office M-Th about 8-8;Fri. 8-4;Sat. 9-1.
I am available right after class, in JBW 204 or JDB 310, usually till at least 11AM, or by appointment (email me!).
Open Lab Information: Open Lab (outside of class time) is TBA. Each PREM 0200student is required to attend this lab a minimum of 18
hours for the four weeks that they are enrolled in PREM 0200, in addition to the 14 class hours, for a total of 32 hours. 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. You will need your own earbuds or headphones. Locations for Open Lab
include JDB300, the library in the LHSC, or your own computer.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students may be withdrawn by the instructor after missing 4 hours of class time.
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 a certain number of 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: Attendance requirement met, COMPASS Post test completed, and COMPASS results indicate placement into a higher level
course than the COMPASS pretest indicated
IP: Attendance requirement met, COMPASS Post test completed, and COMPASS results indicate placement into either the
same level course as the initial COMPASS pretest or a lower course placement. The IP grade may only be given one time.
F: No COMPASS Post test completed. OR [student 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].
W: Student stopped attending class before the withdrawal date (see calendar below)
WITHDRAWAL: Students who do not work on their individualized assignment in accordance with their agreement, may be
withdrawn.
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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 set on SILENT 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.
COURSE CALENDAR
Mon. 08/26
Wed. 08/28
Register, take path builder exam, see orientation
Begin working your assigned Learning Path//Official Day of Record
Mon. 09/02
Wed. 09/04
HOLIDAY – campuses closed
Continue work in Learning Path
Mon. 09/09
Wed. 09/11
Continue
Continue // LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW—12Noon
Mon. 09/16
Wed. 09/18
Continue
RE-TAKE THE COMPASS TEST AND TAKE YOUR SCORES TO YOUR PROFESSOR.
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:
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COMPASS Mathematics Score
PALG 1−17 and ALG 1−34
PALG: 18 – 44 and ALG: 1 – 34
Palg: 44-48 and Alg:34-38
PALG: 49 - 100 or ALG: 39 – 46
Alg: 47-48
ALG: 49 – 65
ALG: 66-70
ALG: 71 – 100 or CALG: 1 – 100
HCC Course Placement
None Available
MATH 0102, MATH 0306, MATH 0106
PREM 0200 and MATH 0308
MATH 0308, MATH 0108
PREM 0200 and MATH 0311/0312
MATH 0312, MATH 0112
PREM 0200 and MATH 1332/1314
MATH 1314, MATH 1332, or higher
COMPUTER LOGIN INFORMATION
To Login to Windows at an HCC computer:
Username = “W” followed by your student ID number
Password = your birthday in THIS FORMAT: MM/DD/YYYY including slashes!
To Login for PREM 0200 lessons:
Open a browser window
Go to http://hccs.mylabsplus.com
Username = “W” followed by your student ID number
Password = “W” followed by your student ID number
Student and Instructor TECHNICAL SUPPORT from PEARSON: 1-888-433-8435
Student Help : http://247pearsoned.custhelp.com
HCC Help Desk (at IT): 713-718-8800 or 1-800-718-4633
MyFoundationsLab Path Builder
Diagnostic Test
Basic Math Path Builder
Fundamentals 1 Path Builder
Fundamentals 2 Path Builder
Fundamentals 2 Path Builder
Intermediate Algebra Path Builder
Intermediate Algebra Path Builder
College Mathematics Path Builder
College Mathematics Path Builder
PREM 0200: Math Test Prep and Skill Building
CRN 38194 == Spring 2013 1st Four Weeks
Meeting in J.B. Whiteley Building Rm 204 | Mons. & Weds. 8-10AM
LEARNING CONTRACT BETWEEN:
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(Student)
& Houston Community College
Professor ____L. Ann Doiron (“Ms. D.”)_____________________________________
Campus Location:Math Office is in J. Don Boney Building, Holman @ Caroline, Suite 310
Phone: _713.718.6441_______ Email: ann.doiron@hccs.edu____________________
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:
Basic Math, 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 CLASS for a minimum of 14 hours during the
four-week-long class and are required to complete at least eighteen (18) hours outside of class working
in the Open Lab. 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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