We have some limitations, but these are only so that there is some consistency in course content. With respect to leniency - if my students don't do well, or at least have a respectable showing on the exam, I feel that I haven't done my job properly. If all they are doing is passing on extra credit, I would feel that they do not understand the material. I would suggest that instructors who have class averages substantially below the Sinclair average for the standardized tests take a hard look at reasons. The first look should be within.
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You may also call the Lab at 512-6611 to sign up. Much is available in the computer classroom including Derive, Mystat, and Bestgrapher. Bestgrapher and Derive offer students the easily. They can investigate principles of graphing and graph shifting, discover solutions to systems of equations, and locate or approximate zeros of polynomials. Derive can symbolically manipulate expressions, including multiplication and factoring.