HINTS FOR SUCCESS and HOW TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK:

 

1.     Establish a regular daily schedule for doing your math homework and stick with it.

2.     Try to do your work in the Math Resource Center where tutor help is available when you need it.

3.     Try to stay on schedule to meet your suggested “On Schedule” test dates.

4.     Use the tutors and video tapes.

5.     Follow the Lesson/Homework Assignment guide on the following pages.

6.     Before starting on the assigned homework, study the text discussion & examples, and work margin exercises for practice.

7.     Neatly work homework problems on your own paper.  Try to do them without looking at examples or a solutions manual.  You must show each step of your solution.  Then grade yourself.  Try to fix your mistakes and then get tutor help or refer to the Student’s Solutions Manual.

8.     Finally, take your completed homework assignment and Study Guide to a tutor to verify completion and receive their stamp of approval.

 

HOW TO BE PREPARED & TAKE EXAMS IN THIS COURSE:

 

1.              Complete your homework and check it as described above in “Hints for Success.”

2.              After all the assigned work has been checked by a tutor, we suggest you try to work the Chapter Test in the text without looking at any solved problems.  Grade it and get help if needed.  Now you are almost ready to take the graded test.

3.              With your tutor stamped Study Guide go to the Reception Counter and ask for a Practice Module Test.  Since the only difference between practice and graded tests is that your score on the practice test will not count, taking a practice test gives you a realistic, objective check of your skill level without affecting your grade for the course.  Work each question on the test like you did in your homework, showing each step.  You are allowed to take more than one practice test, if you so choose.  When your practice test score is above 80%, you should be ready to take the graded exam.

4.              Once you have completed Steps 1, 2, and 3 you are ready to take the Graded Module Test.  Go to the Reception Counter, show your Study Guide, and check in to take the test for a grade.  Relax, take your time, show your work, and demonstrate what you have learned.  We want you to earn a score of 80% or better before you test on material from the next set of homework assignments.

 

NOTE:

 

Homework will receive a date stamp from a tutor only if

 it is done neatly with step-by-step solutions shown.

 

All graphing should be done using graph paper.

 

 

A PAGE OF ANSWERS WITHOUT WORK SHOWN

WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

 

 

 

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