Syllabus for Statistics

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glenn.meeden@cobbk12.org

Here is the syllabus for Statistics - Coach Meeden


Lassiter High School
Reaching Excellence and Climbing Higher
Math Department
Fall Semester 2009


COURSE TITLE: Statistics INSTRUCTOR: Coach Meeden
EMAIL: glenn.meeden@cobbk12.org PHONE #: 678-494-7863, ext. 508
SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.lassiter.org

LEARNING GOAL: The school goal focuses on critical thinking, targeting reading comprehension and written expression. As part of Lassiter High School's School Improvement Plan (SIP) and the Superintendent's Advanced Placement (AP) Certification initiatives, all students will participate in timed writing activities (based on content area reading passages) that will be scored using the College Board's Holistic Scoring Method for the new SAT.

GRADING POLICY: Tests........................................................................... 50%
Problem Sets/ Homework............................................. 20%
Quizzes....................................................................... 15%
Final Exam.................................................................. 15%


TEXTS/READINGS: David Moore’s The Basic Practice of Statistics, Second Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, 2000. Costs approximately $65, which must be paid if the text is lost or irreparably damaged.


CALCULATORS:
§ Due to the nature of the content of this course, instruction and learning activities are strongly calculator-based. Every student MUST have their own graphing calculator in order to fully participate in all class activities. A TI-83 Plus is recommended. A school calculator may be checked out, if necessary.


ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY:.................................................................
A student who is present and actively participates is more likely to be successful; however, if a student is absent, he/she has one day for each day of excused absence to make up the work. (For example, a student absent 2 days would have 2 days to make-up the work.) Students are responsible for asking their teachers for the make-up work. A student with an unexcused absence may ask for assignments and may choose to complete them in order to keep up with the class; however, the teacher is under no obligation to grade the work. Make-ups need to be made up during posted make-up times.


LATE WORK POLICY: Late work will result in a zero in the grade book.


TARDY POLICY:
See your handbook for information about tardies.



EXTRA HELP:.. Extra help is available BY APPOINTMENT, before or after school.