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Brushing up courseMathematics
J. Deprez – G. Dierckx – A. Maes
Welcome!
Monday 6 – Friday 10 September 2010 9.00 – 13.00
Goal
Mathematics in general: Learn the mathematical knowledge, skills, personal attitudes needed to handle the quantitative side of life around us adequately.
Handle the quantitative side of life around us ?
Why mathematics ?
Banks and stock exchanges
ECTS: “uses mathematical and statistical concepts and methods to model and analyse phenomena”
The guardian, May 1 2009 it will turn up in other courses
Why mathematics ?
Principles
of law
Times, February 3, 2004
Everyone agrees that education should make surepeople are ‘literate’ but what about ‘numeracy’, thethe ability to recognize, understand and use maths ?
Handle the quantitative side of life around us ?
it will turn up in other courses
Why brushing up course?
- Guarantee a good start of Math I at an appropriate level
different background of students- Prepare you for the assessment• testing your mathematical ability…
(re)teaching + testing what was taught• rather than testing your memory
Why assessment?
Advise you about the most appropriatecourse
package for you- STANDARD : 2h/week + tutorial (optional)- SLOW : 4h/week (same material/exam)- PREPARATORY MATH instead of MATH
Assessment : Who ?
• Inside Council of Europe- assessment test: obligatory- brushing up course: in your advantage
• Outside Council of Europe (already did SAT)- If 450 < SAT < 500 (or 17<ACT<20): assessment + course obligatory- If SAT > 500: assessment voluntarily
Assessment and Feedback Session
• Monday 14 September: Assessment– one group enters at 8:30– another group enters at 10:30
• Tuesday 15 September: Feedback Sessionappointment with the lecturers who discuss your
result and give advice about the most appropriate mathematics package for you
Assessment : What ?
• oral with written preparation
• May take up to 3 or 4 hours
• You need to bring pen, ruler, scientific calculator
Brushing up : Study Contents
• Class handouts & notes• For each class, handouts, exercises and notes will be
available on http://home.scarlet.be/deprez.johan/2010brushingup
• HUB-website of brushing up course:– either by following the links from www.hubrussel.be– direct address:
http://www.hubrussel.be/eCache/IEE/28/355.html– all practical information is OK– however, files are those of last year
• Supplementary material: Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business, Economics, and the life and social sciences (E.F. Haeussler, R.S. Paul, R.J. Wood)
Brushing up : Study Contents
• Linear equations/inequalities, linear functions, systems of linear equations
• Quadratic equations and inequalities, quadratic functions
• Derivative as slope, derivative of polynomial functions
• Algebra practice• Exponents and logarithms, simple
exponential equations
Lecturers
• Math I– Standard: G. Dierckx– Slow
• 1st semester: J. Deprez• 2nd semester: A. Maes
• Brushing up course:– Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: J. Deprez– Thursday, Friday, A. Maes
• AssessmentJ. Deprez, G. Dierckx, A. Maes
Studying mathematics• work hard if you want to pass Math I
• mathematics is cumulative: make sure that you don’t loose track; working hard during the semester on a regular basis is more important than studying just before the exam
• mathematics is not a spectator sport: engage actively with mathematics– attend classes, pay attention and ask questions while in class
– review the material studied and make a summary
– do homework exercises, may be in a study group
• persevere: you will not understand everything at once
Studying for the assessment• work hard if you want to pass the assessment
• apart from the sessions,– this week: work at least 2 hours a day
– weekend: rehearse, do exercises, do the example test
• mathematics is not a spectator sport– attend classes, pay attention and ask questions while in class
– review the material studied and make a summary
– do homework exercises, may be in a study group
• persevere: you will not understand everything at once
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