[nabs] A Mathematics Question

[Alicia Starner]

Sarah,
I agree that Math 101 is more than likely a basic math that touches on
prealgebra. When I was in my Math 101 course, that is exactly what it was.
Now that I am in intermediate algebra, I miss my Math 101 days. LOL! Math
just is not my subject and algebra makes no sense to me at all. I am finding
it difficult to follow the concepts, because I am totally blind and algebra
seems to be a visual subject. My reader/aid tells me that it is easy when
you look at the problem and can see what is going on with the pattern of the
problem, but can see how I am struggling with the overall concepts. I have
used a little nemmeth code, but I just learned a little bit last summer and
I am no where near proficient enough to use it for my algebra courses. I use
a reader, a tutor, I attend a supplemental instruction course provided by my
TRIO department, and I use more tutors to get me through the class. Graphing
was the most difficult concept to really get a grasp of, because I didn't
understand why the lines wouldn't line up etc. etc., but that is to be
expected. Anyway, good luck. I hope you are successful in your math course.

Alicia


-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-bounces at acb.org [mailto:nabs-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Sarah
Clark
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:58 AM
To: Discussion list for NABS, National Alliance of Blind Students.
Subject: Re: [nabs] A Mathematics Question

To me, College mathematics 101 sounds more like basic math with some 
algebra, rather than algebra up to pre calc.  The first math course I took 
in college was a course called Algebra & Trigonometry, which was an 
algebra/pre calc course.  They also offered College Algebra, which did not 
get into pre calc (with that one you would take Trigonometry as a separate 
course afterwards).
A couple of my friends started in a course lower than college algebra, and 
it was more like what this math 101 sounds like -- basic math with some 
algebra.

Sarah



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From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs] A Mathematics Question


> Hi Kathy,
> In my case, I did two things: asking my instructors for some help (during 
> their office hours) and reading online and offline tutorials (at least on 
> my own).
> College Mathematics course sounds like Algebra III (or College Algebra) 
> and some Pre-Calculus.  If you want to succeed in there, I recommend 
> continued communication with your instructors (maybe to help you 
> understand some tough formulas, especially with vectors and logs).
> I have a book called "Elementary Mathematics" by W.  W.  Chen that I used 
> as a tutorial for my math courses.  It talks about College Algebra as well

> as introduction to calculus (up to beginning integrals).  Let me know if 
> you want me to zip it and send it to you (the text is straightforward; I 
> recommend reading it on a braille display).
> Cheers,
> JL P.S.  Studying integration at the moment.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy Huff, MT" <mklhuff at insightbb.com
> To: "NABS" <nabs at acb.org
> Date sent: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:27:40 -0400
> Subject: [nabs] A Mathematics Question
>
> Hello Everyone,
> Now that I'm going to be attending an actual class instead of working 
> online, I'm needing some advice.  I'm stuck in a "College Mathematics 
> (Math101)" course, and I got my print copies today.  It's a lot of 
> algebra.  I hate math, and especially algebra.  How did you guys do it in 
> the classroom?
>
> Thanks,
> Kathy Huff, MT
> Medical Office Management Student
> Sullivan University
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