Integrated Algebra Course Syllabus
Supporting students’ needs for engaging and interactive instruction, this course encourages students to apply previously learned skills to more advanced problems in an effort to gain mastery of algebraic concepts. This course, intended for high school students, covers familiar topics—such as statistical data, ratios, proportions and percentages, spatial thinking, sequences and patterns, and polynomials and functions—in a more comprehensive manner that challenges students in preparation for more complex subjects.
Textbook: Pre-Algebra ISBN-10 1938168992 ISBN-13 978-1-938168-99-4
Course objectives:
Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:
- Perform operations with rational numbers and use them to simplify expressions
- Use mathematical and algebraic expressions and equations to represent and solve a variety of mathematical and real-world problems
- Understand the concept of a function and its use in representing relationships
- Exercise proportional thinking and use it to analyze the connection between ratio, proportion, and percent
- Understand geometric concepts and strengthen spatial reasoning
- Develop and use problem-solving strategies
- Use statistics to display, describe, and analyze data
- Understand counting methods, and apply them to calculate probabilities
Contents:
Semester A
Chapter 1: Whole Numbers
Chapter 2: The Language of Algebra
Chapter 3: Integers
Chapter 4: Fractions
Chapter 5: Decimals
Chapter 6: Percents
Semester B
Chapter 7: The Properties of Real Numbers
Chapter 8: Solving Linear Equations
Chapter 9: Math Models and Geometry
Chapter 10: Polynomials
Chapter 11: Graphs
Grading Scale
A = 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = under 59%
Grade Weighting
Unit Quizzes.........................70%
Mid-Term/Final Exams......30%
Total.......................................100%
