Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion of the course students should be able to

• Make accurate inferences and conclusions based upon data presented in graphical or tabular format.

• Demonstrate how units are used in measurement and in calculation.

• Recognize linear and non-linear patterns.

• Derive, solve, and model with linear equations and inequalities in one variable.

• Estimate values based upon data presented in numerical, tabular and graphical form.

Activities in class will be centered on group work and discussion of reality based problems and situations from which formal definitions and procedures will arise.  Skill based assignments will generally utilize an online software tool.  Additionally students will complete a portfolio throughout the term consisting of application based assignments, technology components and written reflections.
 

Assessment shall include:

• At least two proctored, closed-book, no-note examinations must be given.  The proctored exams should be at least 40% on the overall grade.   These exams must consist of primarily free response questions.

• Group work and class participation

• Homework including each of the following:

  • Technology assignments

  • Online skills assignments

  • Reflections

  • Applications

• At least one group project culminating in a written report and/or oral presentation.

• Portfolio of work done throughout the class

• Additional forms of assessment may be included, such as:

  • Individual student conference

  • Community based learning

  • Quizzes

1. Arithmetic Operations and Number Sense Literacy

   1. Compute with fractions, decimals, percentages, and integers

   2. Estimate with fractions, decimals, percentages, and square roots

   3. Perform calculations with expressions containing exponents and/or radicals

   4. Use the order of operations

   5. Compute and interpret basic probability

   6. Distinguish between simple and compound interest

2. Data Literacy

   1. Create and interpret visual representations of data (Venn diagram, pie graph, table, bar graph, line)

   2. Read, interpret and make decisions based upon data from graphical displays

   3. Calculate mean, median, mode, and range

   4. Use reasoning to identify misleading data representation in the media

   5. Use applications and graphics to estimate values such as time, distance, and cost

3. Equations and Modeling

   1. Recognize patterns and use them to make predictions

   2. Distinguish between inputs and outputs

   3. Evaluate expressions and formulas

   4. Write and interpret algebraic expressions

   5. Manipulate and simplify expressions

   6. Derive linear expressions and equations from word problems and sets of data

   7. Manipulate and solve linear equations in one variable

4. Problem Solving and Reasoning

   1. Use inductive reasoning to make a conjecture

   2. Disprove a conjecture by finding a counterexample

   3. Use deductive reasoning

   4. Use multiple ways to solve problems: diagram, trial-and-error, patterns, equations

   5. Verbally communicate results and reasoning

5. Ratio and Percent

   1. Convert between fractions, decimals, and percentages

   2. Recognize how percentages can be represented in and inferred from tables and graphs

   3. Use percentages to make inferences and conclusions about relative increase or decrease of a value

6. Geometry

   1. Perform calculations with units

   2. Convert units

   3. Investigate units in regards to length, area, and volume

   4. Distinguish between units that measure quantities and units that measure rates

   5. Determine area and perimeter of two dimensional figures and volume and surface area of solids