IB Math Higher Level
Syllabus

Fall 2007

Instructor:    Chris Orlando    Email
   *I am available for help after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in room C107.
Text:            Mathematics: Higher Level (Core); Buckle & Dunbar, 3rd edition
Grades:        Homework assignments and grades will be posted on Edline. You can set up an account by following
                      the instructions listed on the website: https://www.edline.net/help/pdf/StudentParentGuide.pdf

Your grade in this course will be determined by the following:

1. Tests – One test about every two weeks. (Approximately 50-80 pts. each)
2. Portfolio Assignments – At least two given by March 2006. (20 pts. each. These will count as your FINAL EXAM GRADE)
3. Homework Checks – These will be given about 1-3 days prior to each test. They will be a set of problems similar to the assigned homework problems. (Approximately 10 pts. each)

The use of a calculator (TI-83 preferred) and a formulae booklet and statistical table will be allowed on most assignments and tests in accordance with the International Baccalaureate regulations.

Reteaching and reassessments will be done on an individual basis. Discuss these with the teacher as needed.

The IB Mathematics Higher Level Portfolio will consist of a collection of your two best assignments completed throughout the year. The assignments will be based on different areas of the syllabus and represent both mathematical investigations and mathematical modeling. More details concerning these assignments will be given at a later date and will contain the markscheme.

1. Homework will be assigned almost every day. It will NOT be collected for a grade. It is your responsibility to attempt each problem and ask questions the next day.
2. You should bring paper, pencil, textbook, and a calculator to class every day (TI-83 preferred).
3. There will be no food or drinks allowed in class (bottled water is okay).
4. If you are absent the day of a test, you will be required to take the test the day you return to school. If you are absent the day before the test, you will still be required to take the test upon returning to school. It is your responsibility to contact another student to receive any review information.

This applies to both written work and oral presentations. 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.