Distance Learning Course Interaction Plan
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Course Number and Title:
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Math 075, Basic Mathematics
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Instructor:
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Jeanne Arthur
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Telephone Number (if any):
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Email Address:
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use webCT private email first and jarthur@hcc.mass.edu second
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Office Hours (if any):
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by appointment only
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Online Hours:
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In course chat room: Monday evenings 6-7 pm and Sunday mornings 10-11 am
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Communication Policy:
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Expect a response to email/questions within 48 hours
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Asynchronous Course
Asynchronous:
This kind of distance education is characterized by an emphasis on "learning on demand" or "as needed communication" between students and faculty from multiple locations at times convenient to participants.
Synchronous:
This form of distance education entails the use of live, two-way communication among and/or between students and faculty in a scheduled or "fixed" point(s) of time(s), much like classroom-based instruction.
Course Description:
The college published description of this course is: Arithmetic skills, operations on numbers, fractions, decimals, calculation, measurement, equations, formulas, elementary geometry, and problem solving. Prerequisite: None
Contact Hours:
4 Semester Hours: 3
Required Textbook & Materials:
Basic Mathematics through Applications (with MyMathLab), Akst &Bragg; ISBN 0-321-22887-1
Basic Outline of Course Content:
(1) There will be a heavy emphasis on problem solving throughout the course.
(2) Students must be able to calculate mentally, using pencil and paper, and using a calculator. All three abilities are essential; none substitutes for the other.
Topics:
Arithmetic Operations with Whole Numbers Chapter 1
Arithmetic Operations with Fractions Chapter 2
Arithmetic Operations with Decimals Chapter 3
Rounding and Estimation.
Ratios and Proportions - Chapter 5
Percents Chapter 6
Measurements and Unit Conversions Chapter 10
Geometry: Area and Perimeter of Plane Figures. Volumes and Surface Area of Simple Solids. Angles and Triangles Chapter 11
Statistics: Reading Graphs and Charts. Averages Chapter 8
Methods of Instruction: Online Distance Learning
Student will have a textbook and access on-line to MyMathLab. MyMathLab helps students learn by offering interactive problem solving, animations, tutorial, video lectures (Note: cable or DSL connection may be needed to view the videos), etc.
Note: Significant and required parts of the course use a website that cannot be accessed with most MacIntosh computers. You need a Microsoft Windows based computer with Internet Explorer.
Students are required to engage in the following interaction(s) for successful completion of this course:
Take on-line quizzes and exams; turn in projects.
This course may include, but not be restricted to, the following interactions:
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1. in person meetings
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NO
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2. telephone interactions
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NO
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3. electronic interactions (email, internet...)
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YES
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If yes, dates, times, places are to be specified.
There will be deadlines for taking on-line chapter tests and for turning in projects. Projects must be turned in electronically. The final exam will be given during final exam week.
Evaluation of Student's Progress:
The grade will be based upon the scores of on-line quizzes, exams, projects, and the final exam.
