Meet your TAs

Get to know your TA.
If you are in section 6 or 7 your TA is Brittany Jensen.
If you are in sections 8,9, or 10, your TA is Haley Stevenson.

You have some excellent TAs that will assist you this semester. Your TAs will help you with things like doing your homework, proctoring quizzes, helping you study for tests, answering your questions, entering your grades into the gradebook, and working one-on-one with you. Before looking elsewhere for extra help try talking to your TA, take advantage of their office hours and the extra review sessions on fridays. There are many resources that are available to you. Be sure you get to know your TA and let her know of your needs.

Here's a little bit about each of our fabulous TAs this semester.

My name is Brittany Jensen. I am from Crawfordsville, Indiana. I come from a family of 9 and I love spending time with them! I am majoring in Early Elementary Education and I hope to teach Kindergarten. I'm excited to get to know each of you this year and help you do well in this class.

 

So I'm Haley Stevenson. I grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho... No I didn't grow up on a farm, and I don't know how to grow potatoes. I do like to eat them, however. :) I have been at BYU for the past 4 years and will be graduating this April in Mathematics Education. I really love math and am really excited to teach it! I really enjoy reading when I have spare time and am a huge movie buff! I love watching movies and can answer most trivia questions about them. I also really enjoy playing all kinds of games and doing jigsaw puzzles. 

This picture is my husband, Jeremy, and I. Also, I have cut my hair since this picture, but I don't have a picture with my shorter hair! :) 

Welcome to Math 110 Fall 2011

Hello Students. Welcome to Math 110. This blog will act as a support for keeping you up-to-date with course material. We will post information about schedules, test reviews, power point presentations and handouts from class, lecture videos, links for resources, and other class news. Please check the blog often throughout the semester. I encourage you to sign on as a follower so you'll be notified when new posts are added to the blog.

Materials you will need:

1) You will need a MyLabsPlus kit to get started with the homework.It's really cheaper to buy this kit with the book at the bookstore.  I looked online through amazon.com and the kit was going for  $78-99. Your book is a little more than $100. I recommend having a textbook for the course. 

2) Notebook- You will need a notebook to write your homework in. If you complete a notebook for each section after the first exam then you will receive extra credit on your test 2,3,4 scores.  This is your only opportunity for extra credit so take advantage.

3) Time- You will need at least 8-10 hours a week of studying. The lab time can be included in these hours. This is the minimum. Some of you will need more depending on your background and experience. I recommend scheduling out the time you plan to study for our course now to ensure you have enough time to take this course this semester.

Get  Syllabus here

See you the first day!

About your instructor

My name is Melissa Quinn. I earned my Bachelors Degree at BYU in Mathematics Education. I am currently working on a Masters Degree in Mathematics Education. I have one year to go. Wohoo!! I have been a mathematics teacher at Utah Valley University since 2003.  I enjoy teaching at the college level.  I am a Montana native. I didn't grow up on a farm or owned horses like most people assume. I did live close to the mountains. I love the mountains and enjoy hiking. I spend a lot of time hiking up Rock Canyon. I love healthy food, gardening, teaching cooking classes, and going to the movies.  I have a wonderful family. I'm married to a mechanic who is passionate about cars. We just celebrated our 12th anniversary together.  We have 4 children: Andelin, Porter, Miles and Talia. My life is sweet.

I look forward to a productive and fun semester. I hope you are ready to work hard and that you will  feel comfortable working with me. I care about your success.  This is my 4th semester teaching Math 110.
 I've chosen excellent Ta's which I hope you will get to know and will ask questions.

Here's some pics of my family being silly on BYU campus. In my defense, it wasn't my idea but the kids sure had fun. We definitely got a lot of strange looks and laughs.We were taking the eccentric look a bit far. What's funny is we aren't the type to dress up ever. In fact if you were to visit our house anytime during the week we'd all be in our sweats. 

How to have success in this course?

Here's what other students have said about how to have success in this course!

And no I won't take money :)


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