Caroline Ramirez

California State University, Sacramento

Mathematics and Statistics Department

6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819

 

Fall 2009

 

Math1 – Math Reasoning

Projects

Office Hours for this semester: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 10:30– 11:30 am

Office: Brighton Hall (BRH) 121

Phone: 916-278-7074

E-mail: car73@saclink.csus.edu

 

Announcement

Please avail of the resources at the Math Lab

 

Please visit WebCT (SacCT) for additional information, online quizzes and homework requirements. You will be required to login with your SacLink Username and Password.

 

 

 

Home

  Projects:

Homework #1– Formulate Questions

Sample Project: This project is related to educational research on undergraduate and graduate students here at CSUS - sampleQuestions.pdf

 

Homework #2 – Data Collection

Sample Project: This project is related to marketing and customer survey at Starbucks - sampleDataCollection.pdf

 

Homework #3 – Data Analysis & Interpretation of Results

Sample Project: This project is related to educational research on comparing students from the UC system versus CSUS – sampleDataAnalysis1.pdf

 

Sample Project: This project is related to educational research on the retention rates of freshmen students here at CSUS – sampleDataAnalysis2.pdf & samplehw7.pdf

 

Homework #4 – Final Project & Reflection

 

Additional Resources:

Academic Calendar – refer to this link for important due dates or deadlines for dropping the course

http://www.csus.edu/acaf/calendars/fall09.stm

 

Math Lab – free tutoring; located at Brighton Hall 118 (BRH 118)
Telephone: (916) 278-6796
Hours: Monday through Thursday: 8 A.M. until 7 P.M.; Friday: 8 A.M. until 1 P.M. http://www.csus.edu/math/students/mathlab.htm

 

Writing Center – free tutoring and feedback on your writing assignments;

Hours: Monday - Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm; Friday 9:00am - 12:00 pm (In Calaveras Hall 128)

Monday, Wednesday 6:00pm - 8:30 pm (In Library 3501A)

http://www.csus.edu/writingcenter/

 

 

Computer Lab Services – refer to this link for available lab hours to use the computer, printing, etc.

http://www.csus.edu/irt/acr/cls/information/Hours.stm

 

 

The Data and Story Library (DASL) – has a collection of datasets and related documentation.

http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/

 

 

U.S. Census Bureau Home Page:  http://www.census.gov/

 

 

FEDSTATS:   http://www.fedstats.gov/

 

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Math 1

Projects

Math Dept.

Math Lab

Sac State Home

My Sac State

Academic Calendar

Class Schedule

Library

Writing Center

Computer Lab

Saclink Email

WebCT (SacCT)

 

George Polya’s 4 Step Process to Problem Solving:

1.      Understand the problem

2.      Devise a Plan

3.      Carry out the Plan

4.      Look back and check

 

Problem Solving Strategies:

-          Make a table/chart

-          Look for a pattern

-          Solve a simpler problem

-          Draw a sketch

-          Use inductive reasoning

-          Write an equation

-          Use a formula that applies

-          Guess and check

-          Work backward

-          Use trial and error

From: Miller, Heeren & Hornsby’s Mathematical Ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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