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MAT 093 - Math Study Skills

Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Coll Prep
Provides students with the study techniques necessary for successful completion of their college preparatory or college credit math courses. It also addresses feelings and attitudes that might block math learning and offers strategies and techniques designed to overcome these feelings. College preparatory courses cannot be used to fulfill degree requirements.
Competencies
  1. Recognize the uniqueness of college math courses.
    1. Differentiate between high school and college courses.
    2. Differentiate between math and other courses.
    3. Recognize the need to take responsibility for one’s own learning.
  2. Examine math related attitudes.
    1. Examine the causes of math anxiety.
    2. Practice strategies for overcoming math anxiety.
  3. Identify individual styles of learning.
    1. Analyze personal learning preference.
    2. Recognize characteristics of basic learning styles.
    3. Recognize characteristics of basic learning styles.
  4. Explain thinking skills used in the study of math.
    1. Explain what it means to know math.
    2. Explain what it means to understand math.
    3. Explain what it means to apply math.
    4. Explain what it means to analyze math.
  5. Manage time more efficiently and effectively.
    1. Discuss math time management.
    2. Plan a study schedule.
    3. Plan to take math courses in sequential semesters
  6. Demonstrate effective textbook study techniques.
    1. Read text and try problems prior to class.
    2. Recognize the necessity of using the text?s answer key.
    3. Mark problems to be asked in class/tutoring session/office hours.
    4. Make math note cards.
  7. Develop skills needed to be successful in the math classroom.
    1. Use two-column format for taking notes.
    2. Practice asking questions in a math class.
    3. Discuss active versus passive learning.
  8. Apply math test-taking skills.
    1. Prepare a study plan for tests.
    2. Preview tests.
    3. Rework problems.
    4. Analyze test errors.
  9. Identify resources for math help.
    1. Discuss meeting with an instructor during office hours.
    2. Identify supplements to the math text.
    3. Identify the process needed to obtain a tutor.
    4. Recognize services provided by the Academic Achievement Centers.
    5. Discuss the advantages of a study-group/study partner.



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