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Course Name: Advanced Algebra Support Type of Course: Elective Course
Available to: 11th grade
Prerequisites: Geometry / Geometry Support( 70 %- 79 %)
Description: This course is aimed at students who have low standardized test performance and / or have demonstrated significant difficulties in Geometry and other previous mathematics courses. This course will provide many opportunities to revisit and expand the understanding of geometric and algebraic concepts, will employ diagnostic means to offer focused interventions, and will incorporate varied instructional strategies to prepare students for required high school mathematics courses. This course will be taken in the Fall and will replace an elective spot, and Advanced Algebra will be taken in the Spring.
Course Name: Advanced Algebra
Available to: 10th and 11th grade
Type of Course: Core Course
Prerequisites: Geometry / Geometry Support( 80 %+), Geometry( 70 %- 89 %), Honors Geometry( 70 %- 80 %), OR Advanced Algebra Support( 70 %+)
Description: This is the third course in a sequence of three high school courses designed to ensure career and college readiness. Students will learn how to use matrices and linear programming to represent data and to solve contextually relevant problems. Students will strengthen their geometric and spatial reasoning skills as they learn how to solve trigonometric equations using the unit circle. In previous courses, students studied how to use linear and quadratic functions to model real-life phenomena. Students will further develop their functional and graphical reasoning as they explore and analyze structures and patterns for exponential, logarithmic, radical, polynomial, rational expressions, equations, and functions to further understand the world around them.
Course Name: Honors Advanced Algebra Type of Course: Core Course Available to: 10th and 11th grade Prerequisites: Geometry( 90 %+) OR Honors Geometry( 80 %+)
Description: This is an accelerated college prep course that covers all of the standards included in the onlevel Advanced Algebra course with a few additional standards and explores the concepts at a deeper level. This course is designed to prepare students for Advanced Placement mathematics courses. Students earn an additional 0.5 quality point towards their GPA for this course.
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