Math 096 Instructor File
Textbooks: Beginning and Intermediate Algebra, 6th edition, by Elayn Martin-Gay; and
Math Study Skills, 2nd edition, by Alan Bass
**Instructor copies are available from Vicki Bethke.
ECC’s custom MyMathLab course ISBN: 9781323446492.
If you do not intend to use MyMathLab in your course, but still want your students to be able utilize its resources, then the shell course id that you can provide your students isecc68534.
From the Bass book:
Study Skills: Cover Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 11, or equivalent activities or resources.
Chapters 3, 6, and 7 are optional. Chapter 11 is recommended before the first
exam.
Additionally, to address the objective “Identify available campus resources to assist
math students”, a campus resources “scavenger hunt” or similar activity is required.
**Several study skills resources are available on the MTH 096 Course page in the Math Department Handbook, http://faculty.elgin.edu/dkernler/handbook.
From the Martin-Gay book:
Chapter 1: Cover all of Chapter 1. You may want to use Section 1.1 as an overview of the study skills units to follow.
Chapter 2: Cover all of Chapter 2.
Chapter 3: Cover all of Chapter 3, except Section 3.6. Additionally, section 9.4 is recommended at the end of this chapter.
Chapter 4: Cover all of Chapter 4, except Section 4.4. Section 4.5 covers applications of systems of equations, including 2 and 3 variable systems. You will not be covering 3 variable systems so be mindful of this in section 4.5 when choosing your examples and homework problems.
Chapter 5: Cover all of Chapter 5, except Section 5.7.
Chapter 6: Cover all of Chapter 6, including the Integrated Review (pp. 414-417). The Integrated Review is a combination of all factoring techniques and strengthens students’ factoring abilities outside the context of a given section.
Chapter 9: Cover section 9.4. You may omit the material in section 9.4 on systems of linear inequalities. (This section is recommended at the end of chapter 3).
Less is More: You will likely have more time in class to explore the course material. While some additional topics (i.e. exponentials and study skills) were included in the new MTH 096/098/099 sequence, the primary goal of the rewrite wasn’t to add more topics, but rather the goal was to remove overlap. This allows for more time with each topic in class, thereby providing opportunities for greater depth of learning, which will give the students a richer, more meaningful understanding of algebra.
Beware: Function notation is not part of the learning outcomes for this course and, thus, is skipped
in section 3.6, but it is used in a few places throughout the book, particularly chapter 5.
Calculator Usage: It is generally expected that a significant portion of the assessment instruments should be administered without the use of calculators, particular pertaining to operations with signed numbers, fractions, and decimals. Some faculty allow some calculator use as the semester progresses, while others do not allow them at all for the entire semester. Graphing calculators should not be used in sections pertaining to graphing linear equations or systems of equations.
Note that Cell phones (as calculators) are banned on formal assessments for security reasons.
Publisher Resources:
A list of available digital instructor resources for the Martin-Gaye book is available here:
https://www.pearsonhighered.com/program/Martin-Gay-Beginning-Intermediate-Algebra-Plus-NEW-My-Math-Lab-with-Pearson-e-Text-Access-Card-Package-6th-Edition/PGM334409.html
*you will need to request a signon from Pearson to access the instructor resources
A list of available digital instructor resources for the Bass book is available here: www.alanbass.com
Last updated: August 2016, Naima Bahaji
Committee Members : Naima Bahaji, Catherine Moushon, Dave Lawrence, Laura Meyer & Gary Grohs