Download Syllabus 2014-2015

Advanced Quantitative Reasoning (AQR) Course Syllabus 2014-2015
Instructor: Ms. Tanya Taylor
Email: [email protected]
Phone:(281) 920-8000, ext. 6133
Room #: N220
Lessson Plans: http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/77283
Meeting Times: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th
Tutorial Times: Monday, Tuesday,
and Friday - 2nd half of lunch
Course Description: This is a “hand-on” course in which we will work together to explore ways that math is used
in the “Real World.” This course requires you to use skills from Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 to investigate
and solve application problems. Students will be completing many mini and major projects throughout this course
and are expected to actively participate in their groups and present to the class. Topics include probability, personal
finance, estimation, data and statistics, research applications, and geometry.
Resources: Advanced Mathematical Decision Making, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Supplies:
3 ring binder (1 inch minimum) – use only for AQR – you must have a separate notebook for this class
Paper/Graph Paper
Divider tabs (6 total – 1 for each unit)
Pencils
Colored pencils (optional, but helpful for graphing and shading)
Graphing Calculator (optional )
Expectations for Students:
You will participate
You will work with other people
You will present work to the class – sometimes individually, sometimes as a group
You will make written and oral presentations
You will be responsible to complete work outside of class
You will present work that is your best effort
Grade Procedure:
Tests/Major Projects/Notebook-------------------------------------------- 70%
Daily Work/Presentations/Homework ------------------------------------ 30%
Classroom Expectations:
Be prepared: Have paper, pencil, notebook, book, homework each day. Be ready to learn.
Be respectful: Be polite, do not use derogatory/offensive language, and don’t speak out of turn
Be engaged in learning: Participate, pay attention (no sleeping), take notes, and complete assignments
Be responsible: Complete assignments (in/out of class), turn in work on time, do your own work
Be your best: Don’t settle for good, when you can be great.
Attendance/Make-Up Work: Much of what we learn will come from in-class projects, group discussions, and
collaborative projects. Regular class attendance is crucial to your success. When a student is absent, it is
his/her responsibility to learn, obtain, and complete the work missed. Students are allowed one day for each day of
absence plus one additional day to make up work missed during excused absences.
Redoing Major Grades Below 80: Students may redo major tests or re-submit notebooks for re-grading.
Projects and presentations are not eligible for retakes.
Academic Dishonesty:
Cheating is defined by but not limited to the following:
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Copying anyone’s answers to questions, exercises, study guides, tasks, and class work or
homework assignments.
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Taking any information verbatim from any source, including the Internet, without giving
proper credit to the author, or rearranging the order of words and/or changing some words
as written by the author and claiming the work as his or her own, i.e., plagiarism.
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Looking onto another student’s paper during a test or quiz.
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Having available any study notes or other test aids during a test or quiz without the teacher's
permission.
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Collaborating or offering assisstance on assignments when independent work is expected.
If a CELL PHONE is visible during any test and/or quiz, the student will be given a zero for that test or quiz.