CTL Workshops

Rockin the XY Plane

Here it comes, our tri-annual message on CTL Workshops:

If you think a Cartesian coordinate is a what you wear to go with your favorite sweater, it might be time for you to bone up on your quantitative skills.  And, right on cue, the CTL if offering a series of quantitative workshops — 90 minutes to a better, more quantitatively adept you.   The topics are basic algebragraphs, and word problems, and there are two chances for each.

Workshops are in Briggs 420 and run 90-ish minutes.

Graphing            

  • 5:30 PM on Wednesday, January 11th
  •  7:30 PM on Monday, January 16th

 The graphing workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Graphs of linear equations, quadratic equations, exponential functions, trigonometric functions and more…
  • Significance of slope in various applications
  • Displacement of graphs

Word Problem   

  • 5:30 PM on Thursday, January 12th
  • 7:30 PM on Tuesday, January 17th

The word problem workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Problem solving strategies useful in working with quantitative concepts
  • How to extract useful information from a problem and how to relate similar problems
  • Hands-on experience working on interesting and challenging word problems

Algebra              

  • 5:30 PM on Friday, January 13th
  •  7:30 PM on Wednesday, January 18th

The algebra workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Basic algebraic operations and the law of exponents
  • Binomial multiplication and factorization
  • Important algebraic identities
  • Techniques for solving quadratic and fractional systems of linear equations
  • Basic concepts and identities of trigonometry