Please CLOSE YOUR LAPTOPS, and turn off and put away your cell phones, and get out your note-taking materials.

Two evaluation surveys – Please take time to do both! You should have received two separate survey requests: One was from Professor Schmidt (via Pearson) – This one is an evaluation of the Math 010/110 Teaching and Learning Center structure. This will help us evaluate our course setup, software, tutor lab, TAs, and online grading/assignments/learning aids. The other was from Dr. Chris Bendel, MSCS dept. chair -- This one is an evaluation of the teacher of your Math 010 or 110 class section. This will give feedback to the department and to your own teacher about how you rate the effectiveness of instruction in your particular class section. Your feedback on both of these surveys will be very helpful to us in evaluating and improving our teaching methods and the Math TLC program – THANK YOU!!!

Schedule for Math TLC Open Lab in Room 203: Last week of classes: (Ap 25 – 28) Regular hours Monday through Thursday (8 AM – 6:30 PM) The lab is closed on Friday and Saturday Special open lab hours on Sunday, May 1: 5:00-7:00 PM Finals week: (May 2 – 5) Lab opens at –8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday –10 a.m. Wednesday Lab closes at –6 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday –2 p.m. on Thursday –CLOSED ON FRIDAY Full schedule with staffing for open labs is posted on bulletin boards in the classroom and in the open lab, and online at

Monday 5/2Tuesday 5/3Wednesday 5/4Thursday 5/5Friday 5/6 8:00 to 10:00 Scheduled Final in 214: LAB CLOSED Scheduled Final in 214: LAB CLOSED Neiderhauser 8: Wojciechowski 10: Lee 2:30 10:00 to 12:00 OPEN LAB in 203: 12:00 to 2:00 Scheduled Final in 214: OPEN LAB in 203:Scheduled Final in 214: Corne 3: Schmidt MW 9: Lee 1:25 2:00 to 4:00 Scheduled Final in 214:OPEN LAB in 203: LAB CLOSED Schmidt TTh 9:05 4:00 to 6:00 OPEN LAB in 203:

Final Exam Review Materials: There are two review homework assignments. These are each worth 8 points, vs. the usual homework assignment of 4 points. Unit 1 review homework (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 8) Due at the start class today (thurs., April 28) Unit 2 review homework (Chapters 5, 6, 7, 10, 11) NOTE: You must get at least 80% on the Unit 1 Review before you can start the Unit 2 review. Due at 8 a.m. next Monday May 2 (first day of finals). Practice Final Exam NOTE: You must get at least 80% on the Unit 2 Review before you can start the Practice final. Due at the start time of your scheduled final exam period.

More info about the Practice Final: The practice final has 45 questions, as does the regular final exam. The questions will NOT be exactly the same as those on the regular final, but they will be similar in content and are distributed across sections the same way as on the regular final. Each time you take the practice final you will get a different set of questions. EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Your highest score will earn you that percentage of 20 extra credit points on the final, so it will pay off if you can find the time to take it more than once. You CAN stop the time clock on your practice final by closing the window without submitting the test. You can then come back and finish it later, and any answers you’ve already entered will be saved. REMINDER: You must get at least 80% on both Final Exam Review HW assignments before you can start the practice final. Completing those HW assignments to 100% will prepare you much better for the final, however… And it will get you the full 8 HW points for each one (16 total), so you’ll have more of a cushion going into the final exam.

Final Exam Review, Part 2

Part 2 of the Final Exam Review HW covers: -Chapter 5 (Exponents and polynomials) -Chapter 6 (Factoring polynomials) -Section 7.1, 7.2 (Rational expressions) -Chapter 10 (Working with radicals) -Sections 11.2 and 11.5 (Quadratic formula) Make sure you look over your graded worksheets from TEST 3 and TEST 4 as part of your preparation for the final exam.

Teachers: Go over problems that students in your section need work on, especially the word problems from Chapters 3 and 4, and rules of exponents (especially negative exponents and scientific notation.).

Math Teaching and Learning Center and Open Lab Survey – Your feedback on this survey will be very helpful to us in evaluating and improving the Math TLC program. THANK YOU!!! LINK: If you haven’t had time to do this one yet, please take time to do it now!

You should now open your laptop and work on Final Review HW 2. This assignment is due at the start of the next class session, and you need to score at least 80% to get access to the next assignment.