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The Internet May Not Be as Helpful as We Think Math 50 is a college course that prepares students for a higher math level. Math 50 is the beginning of intermediate algebra. For this course we will only be using the textbook and have step by step lectures. Math lab won’t be used for this course because for math internet will be not as helpful then spot on lectures . For this new Math 50 curriculum we will be using only the text book. You are required to have Beginning and Intermediate Algebra by Elayn Martin-Gray. All students should bring a specific notebook for taking notes.Lectures are going to be step by step and you are expected to be taking notes while lecture is going on because that's what you're going to use to …show more content…

Students rather use a textbook for math then going online and doing their homework there but,there's another majority of students that think otherwise. As a teacher i've noticed it's easier for students to remember they have homework by having them write it down then telling them to login in and account and do it there. The internet is a helpful tool for students but when it comes to learning or remembering how to do a certain math problem it will just get them the answer but they won’t remember how to do …show more content…

Berler brings up the topic of and out of state freshman who began her college career at a major research university. “The online environment didn’t suit the student”(Berler). According to the student pre-cal was to difficult for her she switched to and introductory class instead. She felt the online class wasn’t helping her understand the concept she needed more lecture step by step teaching. Online classes can teach you step by step but to stay focus is the problem the term tedious is a big one involved. Now by being in a class you may feel more active because there is stuff going on around you and you have the chance on meeting more people

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