About this Activities Workbook

This course is based on the Modeling with Algebra Project (MAP) created and implemented as a joint venture between Pierce College and the California State Universities at Northridge, Long Beach, and Humboldt, under a grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges. The course is an activity-based intermediate algebra course. The foundation of the course is the textbook, Intermediate Algebra: A Modeling Approach by Katherine Yoshiwara.

The textbook is available online, but we find that possessing a print version of the Activities Workbook is important for student success.

For each Activity:

1. How many questions did your group answer?
2. How many questions did your group answer correctly?
3. Which part of the activity did your group find the easiest?
4. Which part was the most difficult? Why?
5. Circle the parts your group answered incorrectly, and take two minutes to make sure everyone understands the correct answers.
6. What can you do to feel more comfortable with questions that ask you to explain or interpret? Write up your response in your portfolio.
7. What did you learn from the activity that was new, or that you didn't get from the reading? Write up your response in your portfolio.