College of the Redwoods Offers Math Review Courses and Website

The basic idea is that students can review to help them either prepare to take the math placement test for the first time, or else to help them re-take the placement test if they believe they were "placed" at an inappropriately low level.

CR wants students to be placed correctly, but oftentimes students take the placement test "cold" and then if they are put into a class that is too low, they are bored and unhappy and may even stop attending and end up with an "F" that they don't really deserve.  Even if they complete the class, they waste 4 months unnecessarily when they could be learning new things and advancing. 

CR Math Courses:

Three levels to choose from:

· Math 301: Pre-Algebra Review

· Math 302: Elementary Algebra Review

· Math 303: Intermediate Algebra Review

*  When:  2 weeks in July (July 9-19), Monday-Thursday, 2 hours/day (8 class sessions)

*  Where:  At the main CR campus in Eureka.

*  How it works:  Students attend class, receive instruction, and also work on their own using CR's Optimath online mathematics practice system.

*  Optimath website for these courses:  http://mathrev.redwoods.edu/mathjam/  Students registered in any of these courses will have passwords, and work done in the Optimath system will be saved for future reference.

* Note:  Students must be CR students and register in order to take one of these courses.

CR Math Review WEBSITE

*  Three levels to choose from:

• Review of Pre-Algebra
• Review of Elementary Algebra
• Review of Intermediate Algebra

*  When:  Any Time that a person has internet access

*  Where:  Anywhere that the person has internet access

*  How it works:  Students read the lessons with examples and built-in practice, and also work on their own using CR's Optimath online mathematics practice system.

*  Optimath website for self-paced review:  http://mathrev.redwoods.edu/mathjam/  Students doing the self-paced review do not need a password -- and work done is not saved in the Optimath system.

*  Note:  Anyone can do this -- need not be a CR student.