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High School Math vs. College Math<= o:p>

 

Hi= gh School

Co= llege

Class Time

 

1. Ac= tivities include correcting homework, answering homework questions, lecture, group work, and working on homework in class.&= nbsp; All of this can be done because there are two to three times as ma= ny class hours in high school math than in college math.

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2.  Listening in class may be suffic= ient.  Notes may not need to be taken o= r may only include the problems on the board.

 

1. = There is no correcting homework, and very little working on homework in class.  Some homework questions may be answered in class, but it is expected that students will use the teacher’s office hours, the math center, peer tutoring, and course software to answer most of their questions.

 

2.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Listening is not enough.  Notes must be taken, and should include everything that the teacher is saying as well as everything on the board, including any words.

Homework

 

1.  Homework assignments may be comp= leted in less than one hour. 

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2. Te= achers often check homework, and may count homework for a large part of the grad= e.  Homework is done in order to rec= eive a grade.

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3. Te= achers remind students of incomplete work, and accept late work.

 

4.  Homework may consist of using a = calculator and writing down answers.

1. = For each hour in class, successful students spend 2 to 3 hours or more doing hom= ework.

 

2. = Teachers usually do not grade homework.  Homework is done in order to learn the material and to pass quizzes and tests.

 

3. = Students are not reminded of incomplete or missing work.  Late work may not be accepted.

 

4.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Homework consists of reviewing c= lass notes, reading the textbook, and writing down the problem and all work st= eps on your homework sheet before writing down the answer.

Grades

 

1.      A grade of D is considered passing.

 

 

2.      Consistently good homework grades may raise your overall grade when test grades are lo= w.

 

3.      Make-up quizzes and tests are often available.

 

 

4.  Extra credit is used to improve = grades.

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5.  Effort counts.  Courses may reward a “good= faith effort.”

 

 

1.=    A grade of C or higher must be achieved in order = to register for the next math class.

 

2. = Grades on tests provide most of the course grade.

 

 

3.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Instructors do not routinely give make-up quizzes and tests.

 

4.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Extra credit is limited and does = not make up for poor work on quizzes and tests.

 

5.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Results count.  A “good faith effort”= ; will help the student achieve good results but will= not substitute for those results.

 

 

In college, the course syllabus is the place to = find the course “rules”.  Read and Save It!!