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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: Copying anyone’s answers to questions, exercises, study guides, tasks, and class work or homework assignments. 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. Looking onto another student’s paper during a test or quiz. Having available any study notes or other test aids during a test or quiz without the teacher's permission. 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.