Hi, I am new here and will be teaching Math30-2 next semester. I was just wondering what order you think is the best to teach this course, from chapter 1 to chapter 8 or something else. Most of the teachers in my school taught polys, exponents, logs, sinusoidal, rationals, set theory, perms, combs and probability. I am not sure this is the best way as the last 3 chapters are weighted as 50% on the diploma. I would love feedback from others who taught this. Also, no one at my school did the project, but I intend to as it is an outcome. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Suggestions for first timer?
Suggestions for first timer?
Re: Suggestions for first timer?
Having taught this course now once I have learned the following.
1. The material is very clearly divided into two core groups.
Group A. polys, exponents, logs, sinusoidal, rationals
Group B. set theory, perms, combs and probability
It really does not matter which group you start with. Some teachers will debate either one. I think that is up to the teacher. If I was you, I would start with your strength.
In group A, personally I would keep Polynomial and Rationals together and you will have to do Exponentials before Logs for obvious reasons.
In group B, you NEED to do them in that order.
I hope this helps out. I am interested to see what other teachers think.