COURSE GUIDE

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Department of Mathematics

SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY, MANAGEMENT, COMPUTING and INFORMATION STUDIES

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 COURSE GUIDE

House Rules
Finishing this course successfully relies heavily on your self-discipline and time
management skills. The course modules were prepared for you to learn diligently,
intelligently, and independently. Keeping yourself motivated to follow the schedules
specified in the learning plan, maintaining excellence in the expected student outputs, and
mastering the different technologies and procedures required in the delivery and feedback
for this course, will instill important qualities you will need in the future as you practice your
profession. The following course guides and house rules are designed for you to practice
decorum consistent with standards expected within a formal academic environment. The
following guides and house rules will help you further be on track and say at the end of the
module, "I did well!" These guides shall lay the groundwork for consistency, coherence,
cooperation, and clear communication among learners and instructors throughout the
conduct of this course:
1. MANAGE YOUR MINUTES. Create a study routine and stick to it. Keep requirement
deadlines and study schedules always in mind by providing visual cues posted in your
place of study or listed in your reminders (electronically, online, or on paper). Remember
that other daily activities take up your time, not to mention other courses you may be
concurrently taking. Choose a time of day when you are most likely to maximize learning.
Communicate your schedule to other members of your household so they could help
you keep it. It would also help to prepare a dedicated space in your residence
conducive to learning.
2. MIND YOUR MANNERS. Treat the distance learning environment as an academic space
not too different from a physical classroom. Do not do in the distance learning
environment, acts you would not normally do in a face–to–face classroom set up. Avoid
asking questions that have already been answered in the lessons or the instructions
previously discussed or provided. Acts like these will reflect your poor focus and uninspired
preparation for this course. Practice Electronic Conversation Etiquette in group chats,
open forums, and similar electronic venues.
a. Use appropriate language and tone, correct grammar and spelling, and
complete sentences acceptable in an academic forum. Avoid text-speak,
slang, all caps, and other informal expressions in your posts. Do not use
abbreviations and acronyms unless these are introduced in the readings.
b. Express your opinions politely and do not dominate the conversation.
c. Avoid lengthy as well as offensive posts by sticking to the topic of the discussion.
d. Take time to understand the salient points of the discussion and provide a
meaningful and well-thought response to other participants' posts.
e. For a live meeting or video/voice conferencing set-up, mute your microphone
when you are not speaking to focus on the main speaker.

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 3. MASTER THE MEDIUM. The course will be delivered via Hyflex modality. The course
facilitator/professor will create a Google Classroom via the institutional Google Suite
account of Saint Louis University. It would be worthwhile on your part to devote some
time and effort to learn the applications you will need to access your course materials,
interact with me and your classmates, and submit course requirements. Applications of
note are Google Classroom, Google Drive, and Google Meet (for the online class
schedule). There are also available alternatives to Microsoft Office tools you might want
to explore. Certain requirements will require you to take a video on your smartphone,
save it, and submit it electronically. Work on this skill as well. If you are offline, identify the
most convenient means for express mail correspondence and inform me as early as
possible so we can make the necessary arrangements ahead of time.
4. MAKE MASTERPIECES. Go beyond minimum requirements. The course learning outcomes
will guide the minimum expected competencies you are to acquire at the end of this
course. It does not limit you from performing beyond it. Keep in mind that the quality of
your work reflects the amount of thought and care you put into the process of
completing it. It provides a tangible measure of how much of the competencies you
have developed and fully obtained throughout this course.
5. CONNECT CONSTANTLY. There are more than sufficient online and offline modes to ensure
that you are well informed and provided on time with the needed learning materials,
instructions, requirements, and feedback from your classmates or me. Exhaust all means
possible to keep in touch and updated. My contact details can be found in the latter
part of this document and will be made available and widely disseminated to enrollees
of this course. If you need to call or talk to me, send me a message first and wait for me
to respond. Would you please not give my CP number to anybody? I will not entertain
messages or calls from numbers that are not registered on my phone. Hence, use only
the CP number you submitted to me.
6. OBSERVE ORIGINALITY. Your course outputs will largely be submitted in electronic form. It
is going to have a highly traceable and comparable digital footprint that can be easily
checked for originality. Cite your sources properly for referenced statements you decide
to use in your work. Attribute statements by persons other than you by using terms like
according to, he said/she said, and the like.
7. INSTIGATE INDEPENDENCE. You are the focus of this course. Nobody else. All assessment
and evaluation tools in this course are designed to measure your competence and not
anybody else’s. You may use all resources at your disposal, and ask other people for
advice. In the end, however, it is going to be your independent work that will be judged
against the standards set for this course. The only way to maximize this course to your
advantage is to learn as much from it as an individual. Make it count.
8. RESPECT THE ROUTINE. There are traditionally respected routines we follow in the conduct
of our everyday lives. Please be mindful of universally accepted norms of courtesy
attached to regular schedules of personal and family time. Unless of utmost importance,
please refrain from any form of communication between 8:30 PM and 7:30 AM every day

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 and the whole day on Sundays and official holidays. You shall expect me to adhere to
this guideline myself. This will allow us to dedicate personal time and space to other
aspects of our lives and maintain a healthy work-life/study-life balance.
9. Lastly, you are the learner; hence, you do the module on your own. Your family members
and friends at home will support you, but you must do the activities. As Louisan, we must
demonstrate our core values of competence, creativity, social involvement, and
Christian spirit.

Technological Tools

To be able to accomplish all the tasks in this course, you will need a computer or a
laptop with the following software applications: Word Processing, PowerPoint Presentation,
and Publication for requirements that do not require online access. A smartphone with video
recording and editing features will also be used for activities that will require you to record
videos for saving and submission.
An invitation to join the Google Classroom will be sent to you through the SLU Student
Portal and your institutional email account, so make sure to activate your institutional email
account. It is equally important that you check your SLU Student Portal account at least
twice a week and turn on your Gmail Notifications on your mobile phone and computer.

Evaluation

The course modules rely on formative and summative assessments to determine your
learning progress in each module.

Formative Assessment. Formative assessments for this course are applied to ungraded
activities that are used to monitor your learning experience and provide feedback to
improve your learning approach and my instructional approach. Formative assessments
include learning reinforcements, pre-assessment, and reflection questions. These
assessments are designed to help you analyze the course readings for better understanding
critically and are intended as a review management tool to prepare you for the summative
assessment activities. In doing your formative assessment activities, you can always ask the
help of your course facilitator. You are required to submit the result of these formative
assessments, but your scores will not be counted towards your final grade.

Specific Guidelines for Learning Reinforcements

1. You should submit your learning reinforcements on or before the time set by your
course facilitator.
2. If you failed to submit your learning reinforcements at the given period, you are
required to secure an admission slip from the OSA. If excused, you will be allowed to

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 submit your missing LR. If unexcused, you will submit a similar LR with complete
solution.
3. For the online submission of LR, take a scanned clear photo of your solutions and
organize it in chronological order in a single pdf document saved under the file name
SURNAME_First Name_Class code_LR No.
4. Submit the pdf file of required solutions/answers by uploading it, then click “Turn In” in
the google classroom.

Summative Assessment Activities. The evaluative assessments are graded activities

designed to evaluate your learning, skill acquisition, and academic achievement after a
defined instructional period. The following must be answered:
A. Examinations
• Prelim Examination
• Midterm examination
• Final Examination

B. Quizzes
• Prelim Quiz 1: Modules 1 – 3
• Prelim Quiz 2: Module 4
• Midterm Quiz 1: Module 5
• Midterm Quiz 2: Module 6
• Final Quiz 1: Module 7
• Final Quiz 2: Module 8

Specific Guidelines for Summative Assessments:

1. Your quizzes and examinations will be conducted during our face-to-face class. If you
missed your exam, you should secure an admission slip from the OSA. Your admission
slip will be your ticket to take your special examination, which will be conducted face
to face.
2. If you missed your quiz, you are required to secure an admission slip from the OSA. If
excused, you will be allowed to take the quiz. If unexcused, you shall be given no
credit for the said quiz.

The completeness of your answers to these formative and summative assessments will
be checked and will be part of your grade completion. Hence, unanswered activity will
result in an NC/INC grade.

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 Grading System

PRELIM MIDTERM TENTATIVE FINAL

Assessment Methods FINAL GRADE
GRADE GRADE GRADE
Class Standing
Quizzes 60% 60% Final Grade
60%
=(PG+MG+TFG)/3
End-of-Term Examination 40% 40% 40%
Total 100% 100% 100%

Contact Information of the Facilitator

Noted by:

ENGR. HAROLD O. LAGTO

Head, Department of Mathematics
Cellphone # (Globe): +639171500857
Institutional email address : holagto@slu.edu.ph

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