Item Number: 3113 BS
Dates: April 4 – June 17, 2016
Days: Monday thru Friday
Instructor: Pete Kaslik
Office: Rainier 344
Phone: (253) 964-6635
Time: 7:40 am – 8:50 pm
Classroom: RAI 335
Final Exam: Wed, June 15 8:00-10:00
No Class: May 6 and May 30
Office Hours:
Email:
Website:
Mon – Fri 11-11:50
pkaslik@pierce.ctc.edu
Last day to withdraw: Friday, May 20
Text: Math 96 Intermediate Algebra in Context, Pierce College Spring 2016
Bring this text to class each day.
Prerequisites: Satisfactory placement test score, or Math 054 with at least a 2.0.
Supplies: Either scientific or graphing Calculator
http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/staff/pkaslik/
Course Objectives: This course integrates numeracy, proportional reasoning, algebraic skills, and functional reasoning. Students will represent quantitative relationships in multiple ways in order to solve problems from a variety of authentic contexts. Linear and exponential functions, along with logarithms and radicals will be studied and applied. Modeling and interpreting quantitative data is emphasized.
Student Expectations: Students are expected to attend all classes and are responsible for all information presented. Students are responsible for their own learning. Learning is accomplished by in-class listening and participation, reading the text, doing the homework and thinking about the concepts until they make sense.
Appropriate behavior is expected. Chitchat disturbs people near you. Be respectful to others.
Please turn cell phones off, save text messages for after class.
Evaluation:
Exams (50%): Five unit exams will be given (1.1-1.7, 18.-2.3, 2.4-2.10,3,4). All exam scores will count toward your grade. No make-ups without prior arrangements.
Final Exam (20%): A cumulative final exam will be given.
Student Engagement (15%): Most classes will consist of individual or group activities from the book. Results of some activities will be submitted at the end of class.
Automaticity exercises will be done outside of class and submitted online. They must be completed by Friday, May 13.
Homework (15%): The homework is online at www.wamap.org
. Registration information is available on the Math 96 page of my website. There are 2 types of
WAMAP Homework.
Prep, ( Preparing for the Next Lesson) are due before class. After 2 incorrect answers, the problems regenerate if you click on the link “Try another similar question”.
The highest score from multiple attempts is kept in the gradebook.

HW (Homework) will be due approximately 2 days after the lesson was discussed in class. You get multiple tries to answer questions but a 10% penalty is applied to each incorrect answer after the second.
You were given 10 late passes for the quarter which extends your due date by 24 hours. Late passes cannot be used on Preps.
Grades:
End of quarter grades will be given based on the grade function G(P).
G(P) = 4.0 if P ≥ 95
0.1P – 5.5 if 65 ≤ P < 95
0.0 if P < 65
Where P is the percentage of possible points.
Incompletes are not given.
Pierce College Core Abilities: College is a time for personal and intellectual growth and development. Pierce College has defined 5 core abilities that will prepare students for the dynamic world in which we live. These core abilities are: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving,
Effective Communication, Information Competency, Multiculturalism, and Responsibility. Math problems will require critical thinking and problem solving skills and effective communication.
Academic Honesty: This course contains a mixture of individual and collaborative efforts.
Exams are individual efforts. A grade of 0 may be given to everyone involved in cheating on an exam. Cell phones or other electronics (besides acceptable calculators) may not be used during exams.
Administrative Withdrawal: Students who are not in attendance during the first 2 days of class will be withdrawn from the class.
Special needs: Students with disabilities, who believe they may need academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, or service to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements are encouraged to register with the Access and Disability Services (ADS) Office, Cascade 301 in the
Welcome Center on the third floor of the Cascade Building. Students requesting accommodations must obtain the "Approved Quarterly Academic Adjustments, Auxiliary Aids or Services Green Form" provided by ADS.” For more information contact the ADS Office –
Cascade Building, Welcome Center, 253-964-6526/6527.
Extra Help: The Tutoring Center offers math Drop-In tutoring, and has individual tutors.
These services are FREE!
In Cascade 504 drop-in tutoring is available. M-Th 8 am – 7 pm; Fri 8 am – 2 pm.
In Rainier 338 (the Math Center) drop-in tutoring is available about 8 am – 1 pm.
School Closure:
School closures due to weather are listed at http://www.schoolreport.org.
Changes:
Changes to this syllabus will be announced in class.