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IB Math HL 2 covers each section from all five topics in the IB Math HL Analysis and Approaches curriculum, including informal review of all topics from HL 1. Some of the information below is subject to change.
Course Level: The rigor and content of Math HL2 matches that of first or second year college math courses.
Units of Study: The five topics of IB Math Analysis and Approaches are Number and Algebra, Functions, Geometry and Trigonometry, Statistics and Probability, and Calculus.
Purpose: The purpose of IB Math HL 2 is to prepare students for the IB Math Analysis and Approaches HL exams in May and for first-year college math courses to be relatively easy or skipped.
Academic Goals: The academic goals of Math HL 2 are to have a college-level understanding of concepts and procedures of first-year college math courses.
Personal Goals: The personal goals of Math HL 2 are to establish self-efficacy and the study skills and habits to support it in a future college setting.
Work done in class: 20%
Work done at home: 12%
Quizzes and Tests: 68%
Calculator: A graphing calculator is required for this course and will be used for most or all future math classes as well. New TI-84 Plus CE calculators are available for around $100 at local stores or online. New or used Texas Instruments graphing calculators below the TI-84 Plus CE may not look as nice, but their functionality and syntax are essentially the same, making them perfectly fine for the course yet considerably cheaper. Other brands such as Casio, or more advanced models such as the TI-89, are significantly different and should not be used for this course unless you are willing to frequently consult the manual. There are a limited number of graphing calculators available for families who may not be able to get their own.
Computer: SVHS students are required to bring a Chromebook or other laptop to their classes. You can make arrangements with the school to borrow one if you are not able to get one of your own.
Other Materials: Bring whatever you would like to write with and stay organized.
Online Materials: Almost all aspects of the course are available at ewyner.com, including class notes and most other course materials.
Extensions: You can change the due date of any assignement to any date before the test, for any reason, simply by submitting an extension request. The request must be submitted in person before the original due date.
Free C: You can request a “Free C” on any nontest assignment, in person before the due date, once per grading period. When the assignment is due, it can be turned in normally, or the Free C form can be submitted in its place for a score of 70%.
Quiz Retakes: Any time before the day of the test, you can retake any quiz that is not already a retake or makeup and get full credit on the retake.
Test Retakes: You cannot retake a test, but you can raise a test score with test explanations, in which you carefully explain how to do problems you had originally done incorrectly, as if you were teaching someone else.
Flexible Timelines: Quiz retakes, test explanations, and all late work can be turned in any time until the day before the test.
In theory, Math HL 2 students should be fine with self-learning and capitalizing on resources as needed such as classmates and additional online sources. In reality, this can be very challenging and absences should be avoided whenever possible.
Participation Assignments: You do not need to submit missing participation assignments unless you have multiple absences within a single chapter.
Quizzes: If you are absent for a section and return the next day for the quiz, you will still take the quiz after we review it in class, but you can retake it later.
Tests: If you miss a test, be prepared to take it in class the day you return. Many students end up self-sabotaging by trying to put off tests indefinitely; this is not permitted in this class.