Syllabus
CALCULUS WITH APPLICATIONS
Spring Semester 2006

Instructor:
Mrs. Figert
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Textbook:
Applied Calculus, Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, Patti Frazer Lock, Daniel Flath, et al.

Overview:
The introductory topics of this course include limits and continuity of functions, derivatives of functions, and their applications to problems. Students find derivatives numerically, represent derivatives graphically, and interpret the meaning of a derivative in real-world applications. Models of previously studied functions will be analyzed using calculus concepts. The topics developed include the relationship between the derivative and the definite integral. The understanding, properties, and applications of the definite integral are included as students learn to explain solutions to problems. Students will model real-world situations involving rates of change using difference or differential equations.

Course Units:
Unit 4   Further Applications of the Derivative
Unit 5   Integrals

Expectations:

1. Students must be on time and prepared for class. Students are required to bring their notebook, pencil, textbook, and graphing calculatorr (used only for math purposes) every day to class.
2. Tests and quizzes missed due to an excused absence must be made up upon the students return to school.
3. Assignments are an important part of being successful in mathematics. Students are expected to accurately complete all assignments on time. If a student is absent, it is his/her responsibility to make up the missed assignments in a timely manner.

Grades will be weighted in the following categories:
Tests: 60%; Quizzes: 30%; Graded Homework: 10%
Please note: At the discretion of the teacher, a student earning an “E” the fourth quarter and failing the semester exam will have their semester grade forced to an “E”.

Additional Help: Instructors are available to help students after school. Students should see individual instructor for an appointment.

The following B-CC policies are consistent with the new MCPS Grading and Reporting Policy (MCPS, 2005). These will apply in all courses offered at B-CC.

GRADING PROCEDURES
Grading procedures will be applied consistently within and among schools. Local schools will ensure school-level processes, as approved by the school leadership team, for implementing the following procedures*:

1. Teachers will assess student learning in a variety of ways and grades will reflect what a student knows and is able to do within the curriculum.
2. When using percentages, teachers will assign a grade no lower than 50% to a task/assessment that meets minimum standards.
3. The report card grade will remain a letter grade (Board Policy IKA)
4. Teachers will establish due dates and deadlines.
        a. work turned in after the due date and prior to the deadline may be dropped
            no more than one letter grade or 10% of the grade.
        b. work not attempted and submitted by the deadline will be recorded as a zero.

HOMEWORK
Homework is an essential part of a rigorous instructional cycle that promotes student learning and prepares students for instruction, previews or practices skills and concepts extends learning and provides students the opportunity to demonstrate skill and knowledge.
There are two categories of homework:

1. Homework checked only for completion may account for a maximum of 10% of the marking period grade.
2. Homework evaluated for learning counts toward the remaining portion of the marking period grade.
        a. homework checked for completion is usually given for practice or
            to prepare for instruction and is assigned to build skill and understanding.
        b. homework evaluated for learning is evaluated to establish learning outcomes.

RETEACHING AND REASSESSMENT
Reteaching and reassessment are an integral part of the instructional cycle and offer additional opportunities for students to learn and demonstrate learning.

1. Assessments or tasks that provide measures of student progress within an instructional unit may be reassessed. Reassessment opportunities will be offered in every course as identified by the teacher. When these opportunities occur, the teacher will provide one reassessment opportunity per task/assessment.
   * Unique situation may arise, which will require teacher and administrator discretion.
2. When tasks/assessments are reassessed, they may be reassessed partially, entirely, or in a different format, as determined by the teacher.
3. The following assessments/tasks that indicate a final measurement of learning may not be reassessed:
        a. end of course or semester exams.
        b. assessments that end an instructional unit or period of study.
        c. final research papers, reports or essays.
        d. culminating projects or performances.
4. All students may be reassessed, regardless of grade on original task/assessment, if they meet the following requirements:
        a. complete the original task or assessment.
        b. complete required assignments.
        c. complete reteaching/relearning activities, as determined by the teacher.
5. The reassessment grade replaces the original grade.

Academic Dishonesty:
This applies to both written work and oral presentation. Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to, the following: the willful giving or receiving of an unauthorized text, unfair, dishonest, or unscrupulous advantage in academic work over other students using fraud, duress, deception, theft, trickery, talking signs, gestures, copying, or any other methodology. Assignments deemed academically dishonest will receive a grade of 0.

Plagiarism:
Submitting or presenting another person's work as your own without proper documentation, including downloaded information from the Internet and lab data.

Cheating:

• Giving or receiving information during a test, quiz, and/or class work assignment without teacher authorization.
• Using hand signals, gestures, and the like during tests or quizzes to obtain/give information.
• Using unauthorized materials during a test or quiz.