This class is perfect for a student beginning the study of algebra, as well as for a student who needs to review the early part of algebra. To be successful in this class, students must be proficient in working with positive and negative integers, decimals, and fractions. 

This is a flexible class with no live class meetings, allowing students to work at a time that is convenient to them. Lesson materials will be posted twice a week, becoming available on the day listed below. Assignments (homework, quizzes, and test) must be submitted by the due date. If you want to receive an overall course grade, all assignments must be completed. Personal individualized feedback is given on all submitted assignments.

This class will cover the following topics:
Beginning Skills
-Verbal expressions (Week 1 Monday)
-Substitution and order of operations (Week 1 Wednesday)
-Simplifying and the Distributive Property (Week 2 Monday)
Equations
-One-step equations (Week 2 Wednesday)
-Two-step equations (Week 3 Monday)
-Multi-step equations (Week 3 Wednesday)
-Absolute value equations (Week 4 Monday)
-Literal equations (Week 4 Wednesday)
Proportions and Percent
-Solving proportions (Week 5 Monday)
-Percent (Week 5 Wednesday)
-Percent of change (Week 6 Monday)
Test on all concepts (posted Week 6 Wednesday, must be submitted by the following Wednesday)
Receive feedback on test and complete grade report by Friday of the last week.

Each topic has a video lesson and homework assignments that will be posted on the stated day. The videos will explain the relevant concepts and work through several examples. The homework assignment includes practice problems of the concepts taught in the lesson. To encourage learner-to-learner interaction between students and allow them to help each other grow in understanding the concepts, each student must post the work-out solution to one problem in the classroom for each homework set. The student may choose any problem not already posted by another student. Students can offer positive feedback to each other and ask questions if they don't agree with the solution. The complete solutions to the homework assignment will be posted with the next lesson for the student to self-check. 

At the end of the first two units, a quiz will be posted. Students will have two days to submit the quiz. Each student will receive a personal video with detailed feedback on each quiz.
A test on all concepts will be posted on Wednesday of Week 6. No new lesson will be posted on Monday of Week 7. Students will have one week to complete the test and submit it by Wednesday of Week 7. By Friday of Week 7, the student will receive the grade and detailed feedback on the test.