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Provider: Sophia.org
Course: Foundations of College Algebra (0 credits, prep course)
Score: 100%
Course content: This course is presented either in a video lecture or a PDF/text form. I used the text version. There are no other materials that are needed, just the text provided by Sophia. You could use a calculator, and if you do, a TI-30 or TI-36 is perfectly adequate, you don't need a $100+ graphic calculator. There are 2 units in total, each with 3 challenge quizzes (5 - 9 questions) followed by a milestone test (21 questions) on the material covered in that unit. The class then has a milestone final exam (25 questions).
Final exam format: The class has a final 25 question multiple choice milestone or final exam.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: The challenges were consistently relevant to the lessons themselves, and the exams were consistent with the challenges as well. I think across all three milestones, there was only one question where I was like "oh, that's a little different", and even that was fairly simple.
Time taken on course: 4 hours, 35 minutes over 1 day - I ordinarily do the practice milestones, but I didn't even bother on this course to finish it faster.
Familiarity with subject before course: In high school (about 17 years ago) I made it up to pre-calc, and math was something that I did okay with, though it never came naturally to me. Since then, I've really not dealt with algebra much, so I was concerned about taking College Algebra and decided to knock this class out first just as a quick refresher. I'm glad I did, because it certainly helped jog my memory.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: I was honestly super impressed with this course. As mentioned, I was worried about going into College Algebra and took this as a very quick refresher, and it was quite effective. The lesson really breaks things down into basic steps and rather than presenting a single type of problem and saying "here's 3 ways to solve it", they'll do a full separate lesson on each of those three concepts. Even when you're answering the challenges or exam questions, it does a really good job of showing you why the answer is right or wrong. And honestly, it was refreshing to take a test on Sophia where I would figure out the answer and know for sure that it was correct, instead of looking at two answers and saying "they're both correct and I lack the context to determine if one is more correct" which has been a mild frustration in several of my previous Sophia classes.
1-10 Difficulty level: 3
Course: Foundations of College Algebra (0 credits, prep course)
Score: 100%
Course content: This course is presented either in a video lecture or a PDF/text form. I used the text version. There are no other materials that are needed, just the text provided by Sophia. You could use a calculator, and if you do, a TI-30 or TI-36 is perfectly adequate, you don't need a $100+ graphic calculator. There are 2 units in total, each with 3 challenge quizzes (5 - 9 questions) followed by a milestone test (21 questions) on the material covered in that unit. The class then has a milestone final exam (25 questions).
Final exam format: The class has a final 25 question multiple choice milestone or final exam.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: The challenges were consistently relevant to the lessons themselves, and the exams were consistent with the challenges as well. I think across all three milestones, there was only one question where I was like "oh, that's a little different", and even that was fairly simple.
Time taken on course: 4 hours, 35 minutes over 1 day - I ordinarily do the practice milestones, but I didn't even bother on this course to finish it faster.
Familiarity with subject before course: In high school (about 17 years ago) I made it up to pre-calc, and math was something that I did okay with, though it never came naturally to me. Since then, I've really not dealt with algebra much, so I was concerned about taking College Algebra and decided to knock this class out first just as a quick refresher. I'm glad I did, because it certainly helped jog my memory.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: I was honestly super impressed with this course. As mentioned, I was worried about going into College Algebra and took this as a very quick refresher, and it was quite effective. The lesson really breaks things down into basic steps and rather than presenting a single type of problem and saying "here's 3 ways to solve it", they'll do a full separate lesson on each of those three concepts. Even when you're answering the challenges or exam questions, it does a really good job of showing you why the answer is right or wrong. And honestly, it was refreshing to take a test on Sophia where I would figure out the answer and know for sure that it was correct, instead of looking at two answers and saying "they're both correct and I lack the context to determine if one is more correct" which has been a mild frustration in several of my previous Sophia classes.
1-10 Difficulty level: 3
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