Student Learning Objective (SLO)

High-Risk Issue (Why is it difficult for the students?)

Enhanced Academic Support (activity or way that the SLO is presented?)  Be specific

Evaluation (How will you measure?)  Be Specific

The student will be able to:

Limits

 

 

 

Compute the rate of change and tangents of a function

 

 

Post-Test #4

Define limit and continuous functions or apply these concepts to polynomial, rational, root or piecewise functions

Problem 1: Find the limit of a rational function

Common in class group work involving limits of factorable and non factorable rational functions.

Number of students that score a 70% or better on the worksheet.  Worksheet questions will be graded right or wrong. No partial credit will be given.

 

Post-Test # 1, 2, 10, 11

Use the definition of a derivative to find the derivative of a polynomial, rational, root or piecewise function

 

 

Post-Test # 3

Derivatives

 

 

 

Use the constant function rule, power rule, coefficient rule, sum rule, product rule, or quotient rule to find the derivative of a polynomial, rational, root or piecewise function

 

 

Post-Test # 6

Find the derivative of a composite function using the chain rule or generalized power rule (PT #7)

 

 

Post-Test # 7

Find the derivative of exponential and logarithmic functions (PT # 8)

 

 

Post-Test # 8

Use the derivative to find the slope of a tangent line to a curve or instantaneous rate of change (PT # 5)

 

 

Post-Test # 5

Find functional values, domain and/or partial derivative of functions of several variables (PT # 20)

 

 

Post-Test # 20

Applications of Derivatives

 

 

 

Find the derivative of any order use the derivatives to determine the direction, concavity, local and/or absolute extrema, and/or point(s) of inflection (PT # 9, 12,13)

Problems 11 & 12: Applying stated concepts of limits and derivatives

In class work sheet where student answer questions about graphs that relate to limits, first and second derivatives, and/or absolute extremes

Number of students that score a 70% or better on the worksheet.  Worksheet questions will be graded right or wrong.  No partial credit will be given.

 

Post-Test #9, 12, 13

Applications of Derivatives

 

 

 

Use implicit differentiation and be able to solve related rate problems

 

 

11

Find higher order derivates, differentials, linear approximations.  Find local and/or absolute extrema, direction, concavity, points of inflection, asymptotes and/or apply those concepts to sketching a function

 

 

12, 13, 14

Solve applied max and min problems

 

 

15

Integration

 

 

 

Find general and particular antiderivatives

 

 

16, 20

Use summation notation and calculate approximations to definite integrals and use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and find the area under the curve

Ability to manipulate summation notation, perform basic algebraic manipulations

Math XL homework.

We will track the number of students whose composite HW grade is at least 70%

17, 18

Apply the substitution principal to finding integrals

 

 

19