Note taking, study skills for Math 1 students

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The following is a study skills discussion that just might be helpful for the MATH 1 students:



Distribute Study Time

Spaced practice promotes better retention than massed practice.
Study a little each day or several times a week.
Don’t cram all your study time into one long blitz.
This approach requires planning and discipline but you will reap the rewards (higher grades).
Reading the textbook chapters:
Rather than trying to read a whole chapter in a single sitting, read just one section per study session.

Listen actively in class

Remove distractions – friends, cell phones, I-Pods, etc.
Listen for the main idea and sub ideas in lectures. Write them down.
Ask questions during and after class.

Overlearn

Overlearning improves retention.
The more often students read a chapter and the fewer classes they miss, the better their exams scores. (Woehr & Cavell, 1993).
Don’t overestimate how much you know. Really learning something requires more than momentarily understanding it.
Highlight your notes
Test yourself
Online quizzes, section reviews
Review what you think you know
Reread the chapter
Explain it to someone else


Just a few helpful hints for improving oneself for high school and beyond.....

Coach Meeden








Talk about it

n We remember:
n 10% - 20% of what we read
n 20% - 30% of what we hear
n 30% - 40% of what we see
n 50% - 80% of what we say
n Countless experiments reveal that people learn and remember material best when they put it in their own words, rehearse it and then review and rehearse it again.
n Summarize the material for a friend or lecture about it to an imaginary audience.

Focus on Big Ideas

n Periodically, step back and see the big picture.
n Think about or write down how what you are learning fits together.
n Relating information to others things you already know will help you to remember it.

Be a Smart Test-taker

n Multiple choice test
n Don’t confuse yourself by trying to imagine how each choice might be the right one.
n Try to answer the question as if it were a fill-in-the-blank.
n Read the choices and find the one that matches your “fill-in-the-blank” answer.
n Mark through the answers that you know aren’t correct.
n Underline what the question is asking.
n If you have no idea: guess.
n Note the questions you aren’t sure of and go back to them if time permits. Sometimes another question will help you with the answer.
n Essay test
n Before answering the multiple choice, read the essay question carefully noting exactly what is being asked.
n Make a list points you would like to make.
n Answer the multiple choice questions keeping the essay question in mind.
n Reread the question, rethink your answer, and start writing.
n When you finish, proofread your work to eliminate spelling and grammatical errors that make you look less competent than you are.

Evaluate your study habits

n If you don’t perform well on a test, then try a new method next time.
n Don’t expect a different result from the same effort.

This week and next

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Here's what is going on this week and next week already......

STATS - We have started the next general topic of confidence intervals and will be on this topic for the next several weeks.....Their project of keeping stats of a baseball or football game is due NEXT Friday, 10/9.... Next test is tentatively set for Tues, Oct. 13th.


INF ALG 2 - We have begun one of the toughest chapters in the course, Chapter 6 will deals with rational expressions. Their test on this unit will be next Thursday, Oct. 8th.


MATH 1 - We have started to look at polynomials and various operations that we can do with them including multiplying, adding, subtracting, and eventually, dividing them.


EXTRA HELP available on week of 10/5 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur AM
Wed PM


Coach Meeden

Tests moved to Wed, 9/23

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Due to school being cancelled on Tues, all of the tests for my classes will now take place on Wed, Sept 23rd. This includes STATS INF ALG 2 MATH 1


Coach Meeden

Week of 9/21

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WHat's going on this week -

STATS - They have a test on probability on Tues (9/22) and then, we start to look at confidence intervals and they will be working on their sampling questions as well.


INF ALG 2 - They have a test on factoring (Chap 5) on Tues, 9/22...we then move into one of the toughest chapters in the course, chapter 6 (Rational Expressions).


MATH 1 - They have a test on Tues over conditionals, sequences, avg rate of change and misc graphing problems. We then move into the next Unit of Math 1.

I am available for help on Mon, Tues, and Thur mornings of this week!!!

Coach Meeden

Week of 9/14/09

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Here's what is going on this week:

STATS - We are plugging away with standard normal distribution and general probability rules and problems. They will be working on their survey questions at the end of the week!!


INF ALG 2 Y - Have just started chap 5 which is Polynomial Factoring and Multiplication. Will be on this chapter for several days and their test will not be until the early part of next week.


MATH 1 - Have started up with sequences and their applications. Will spend a decent amount this week on it as well as reviewing the previous two weeks of material.


Make-ups/Extra Help this week-

Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri Before school

Coach Meeden

MATH 1 PARENTS 9-8-09

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To all parents of my Math 1 students -

They are yet struggling with all of this new material, I know, and I am attempting to take my time to show them (and I did so working together with them in class last week, that is why you didn't see much homework last week). As mentioned at the Open House, it is all a whole new world for them....this Math 1. Well, we have had a bit of trouble the last few days, for many of them would rather just talk and visit than pay attention and concentrate on the subject at hand.

We are in the 5th week and I truly want them to do well but the constant chatter or being off-task does not help. While it is frustrating, I do know that several are working away at trying to make heads or tails out of it. I will simply now start assigning detentions for those always off task. They will have one week to serve the detention....they will have their choice of serving it on Tues morning, starting at 7:25 AM or Thur afternoon, starting at 3:30 pm. That will be it. Detention is for 30 minutes......non-negotiable.

I will be available for help on Wed afternoon, Thur morning and Fri morning of this week. If they have trouble, please don't hesitate. I sincerely want them to do well and get the most out of it. I will post week by week when I am available......

Coach Meeden

Week of 9/7

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Here's the week:

STATS - continuing to look at regular standard distribution and associated distributions such as binomial and Poisson. Will be working also with survey questions.


INF ALG 2 Y - finishing up systems of equations....Test on chap 4 will be Thur, 9/10. Then we move into polynomials and factoring.


MATH 1 - continuing on logic and reasoning....will move into sequences later in the week.

Coach Meeden

Week of 8/31

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Here's what they have this week:

STATS - they have a test on Thur, 9/3 and two assignments that are due that day. We move on to regular distribution and sampling then.

INF ALG 2 Y - testing on Tues over chapter 3 then next few days will be spent on chapter 4, systems of equations (last chapter of Review material)


MATH 1 - working on converses, inductive, deductive reasoning all week....still in main unit of functions...

Coach Meeden