Grades

NCBM 0142 Grade Components

As this course is meant to support your progress through MATH 1342, 60% of your NCBM 0142 grade will be determined by your overall MATH 1342 grade.

MATH 1342 Grade: 60%

Participation: 40%

Participation: Your participation grade is based on group activities and discussion board, as described under What will we do in this class?

Grading Scale

A: 90 - 100

B: 80 – 89

C: 70 – 79

D: 60 – 69

F: < 60

What will we do in this support class?

Activities: Activities are required for each unit (e.g. 1A, 1B, etc.), and contribute to your participation grade. Each activity includes a worksheet, an activity quiz, and a group discussion board thread in Blackboard. The worksheet is for the benefit of the student and is not to be turned in. Each activity grade is based on the quiz score and completion of the group discussion board requirement.

The purpose of these activities is to provide practice with support content and opportunities to interact with other students in this course. It is not intended to provide high-stakes assessments. Because of this, quizzes may be retaken an unlimited number of times up to the late work deadline.

Late Work Policy: Activities may be completed up to the late work deadline. Any activity that is not completed by that date will get a score of 0. Activities are only beneficial if completed within the unit whose content they cover.

Individual instructor-student meetings (optional): All NCBM 0142 students are invited to schedule individual meetings with the instructors. Details are posted in Blackboard. These meetings are for the benefit of the student, and do no contribute directly to the grade.

Attendance/Class Participation Policy: Participation in an asynchronous online course is measured by progress in all of the above areas. A student who falls behind by two weeks or more may be withdrawn from the course along with MATH 1342. If a student chooses to withdraw, it is the student's responsibility to follow through with the withdrawal procedure.

Course Content

Course Description

Credit Hours: 1, Contact Hours: 1

NCBM 0142 – Support for Elementary Statistics (1-1-0). This course is designed to support students concurrently enrolled in MATH 1342 by providing additional focus on MATH 1342 topics and just-in-time review of prerequisite topics, as needed. This course is not for college level credit.

Course Rationale

NCBM 0142: This course is intended to provide support to students who are taking MATH 1342 Elementary Statistics. It must be taken along with the paired section of MATH 1342.

Course Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes

1. Provide an opportunity to increase/improve statistical literacy.
2. Provide an opportunity to communicate mathematical ideas in a small group setting.
3. Provide just-in-time review of prerequisite arithmetic and algebra topics.

The Details

Distance Education Information: This class is fully online. Successful online students actively participate in class on a regular basis just like in an on-campus class and avoid putting off classwork until the last minute. This includes reading assignments, taking quizzes and tests, and any other activities assigned by your professor. You will need to stay motivated and routinely log in to your classes in order to keep on top of your assignments.

Students will use the Blackboard learning management system for assignment instructions, submitting assignments, and collaboration. Students are encouraged to read ACC Distance Education General Information available at https://online.austincc.edu/faq/.

First Day Access: To enhance your learning experience and provide affordable access to the right course material, this course is part of an inclusive access model called First Day™. You can easily access the required materials for this course through Blackboard, at a discounted price, and benefit from single sign-on access. Austin Community College includes the discounted price as a course fee in your registration fees for this course.

It is NOT recommended that you Opt Out, as these materials are required to complete the course. You can choose to Opt Out on the first day of class, but you will be responsible for purchasing your course materials at the full retail price and access to your materials may be suspended. See your course in Blackboard for details.

Importance of Completing Developmental Course Requirements:  The first steps to achieving any college academic goal are completing developmental course requirements and TSI requirements. The first priority for students who are required to take developmental courses must be the developmental courses. TSI rules state that students are allowed to take college credit courses, if they are fulfilling their developmental requirements. Because successful completion of developmental courses is so important, ACC will intervene with any student who is not successfully completing developmental requirements. This intervention can mean a hold on records, requiring developmental lab classes, working with the Instructional Associate, and monitoring during the semester.

Withdrawal Policy: It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that his or her name is removed from the roll should he or she decide to withdraw from the class. The instructor does, however, reserve the right to drop a student should he or she feel it is necessary. If a student decides to withdraw, he or she should also verify that the withdrawal is submitted before the Final Withdrawal Date. The student is also strongly encouraged to retain their copy of the withdrawal form for their records.

Students who enroll for the third or subsequent time in a course taken since Fall 2002 may be charged a higher tuition rate for that course. State law permits students to withdraw from no more than six courses during their entire undergraduate career at Texas public colleges or universities. With certain exceptions, all course withdrawals automatically count towards this limit. Details regarding this policy can be found in the ACC college catalog.

Reinstatement Policy: Students who withdrew or were withdrawn will not be reinstated unless they have completed all coursework, projects, and exams necessary to place them at the same level of course completion as the rest of the class. Reinstatement is up to the instructor’s approval.

Incomplete Grade Policy: Incomplete grades (I) will be given only in very rare circumstances. Generally, to receive a grade of "I", a student must be up to date on coursework and have a passing grade, and after the last date to withdraw, have a legitimate reason that prevents course completion. An incomplete grade cannot be carried beyond the established date in the following semester. The completion date is determined by the instructor but may not be later than the final deadline for withdrawal in the subsequent semester.

In-Progress Grade (NCBM 0142 only): A student who is regularly attending, doing all assigned work but is still not earning a grade of C or higher, might be eligible for the IP (in progress) grade. An IP is a neutral grade with respect to the student’s GPA (it is not counted), but it might be treated like a W (non-completion) for the purposes of financial aid. Students who receive an IP grade are expected to retake (register and pay for) the course in the next semester they are enrolled at ACC. Students may not receive more than 2 IPs in this course (or in any given developmental course.)

Communication with Your Instructor: All e-mail communication to students will be sent solely to the student’s ACCmail account or math software if applicable, with the expectation that such communications will be read in a timely fashion. Likewise, students should use their ACCmail account or math software when communicating with instructors. Instructors will respond to student emails within 3 business days, if no response has been received by the student at the end of that time, then the student should send a reminder to the instructor.

Name Change Information: If you want to change how your name appears online at ACC, go to https://www.austincc.edu/admissions/update-student-information/chosen-name.

General College Policies: Policies that apply to all courses at ACC can be found here: https://www.austincc.edu/offices/academic-outcomes-assessment/master

The materials for your MATH 1342 course cover all required materials for the NCBM 0142 / MATH 1342 pairing.

The following material will be covered from the textbook referenced above:

Ch 1 Collecting Data

Ch 2 Describing Data

Unit A Essential Synthesis

Ch 3 Confidence Intervals

Ch 4 Hypothesis Tests (Omit Type 1 and 2 Errors in section 4.4)

Unit B Essential Synthesis

Ch 5 Approximating with a Distribution

Ch 6 Inference for Means and Proportions

Ch 7 Chi-Square Tests for Categorical Variables (7.2 Chi-Square Test of Association Only)

Ch 8 ANOVA to Compare Means (8.1 Analysis of Variance only)

Ch 10 Inference for Regression (10.1 and 10.2 Multiple Predictors and Checking Conditions only)

Chapter P (Basic probability rules and combinatorics only)

NCBM 0142 Learning Outcomes

1.    Provide an opportunity to increase/improve statistical literacy.
2.    Provide an opportunity to communicate mathematical ideas in a small group setting.
3.    Provide just-in-time review of prerequisite arithmetic and algebra topics.