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

 

 

 

Define and calculate a limit including limits at infinity and/or Indeterminate forms

Problem 1 Finding the limit of a function in indeterminate form (rationalizing)

Common take home worksheet with 3 to 5 problems for students to practice rationalizing in order to take limits.

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, 3

Define and use the concept of continuity

 

 

Post-Test # 5

Find secant slopes and average velocity and/or limits to find tangent slope, velocity, and other rates of

 

 

Post-Test # 8

Derivatives

 

 

 

Find derivatives of algebraic functions, trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, logarithmic functions, exponential functions, and/or hyperbolic functions

 

 

Post-Test # 4, 7, 9, 10

Apply the product, power, quotient and/or chain rules in finding the derivative of functions

 

 

Post-Test # 6

Applications of Derivatives

 

 

 

Use implicit differentiation and be able to solve related rate problems

 

 

Post-Test # 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

Problem 12 Comparing absolute max & min to relative max & min.

Common take home worksheet that addresses both absolute and relative max & min problems.

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 12, 13, 14

Solve applied max and min problems

Problem 15 Determining the function that needs to maximized or minimized.

Common worksheet that takes the student through the steps to create a profit, cost, or other function to be maximized or minimized.

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 15

Integration

 

 

 

Find general and particular antiderivatives

 

 

Post-Test # 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

 

 

Post-Test # 17, 18

Apply the substitution principal to finding integrals

 

 

Post-Test # 19