AMDM

Advanced Mathematical Decision Making

Mrs. Harden
Room H 201

Course Description: AMDM is a course designed to follow the completion of Algebra 2. The
course will give students further experience with statistical information and summaries, methods of
designing and conducting statistical studies, an opportunity to analyze various voting processes,
modeling of data, basic financial decisions, and use network models for making informed decisions
Instruction and assessment should include the appropriate use of manipulatives and technology.
Topics should be represented in multiple ways, such as concrete/pictorial, verbal/written,
numeric/data-based, graphical, and symbolic. Concepts should be introduced and used, where
appropriate, in the context of realistic phenomena.

AMDM Standards:
The standards for AMDM can be found at www.georgiastandards.org.
Text: there is no required text for this class. However, students will need to purchase a 3 ring
binder to keep notes and assignments. This notebook will be periodically checked throughout
the year for a daily grade.

Required equipment: Graphing Calculator, 3 ring binder

Evaluation: The overall semester-grade is determined as follows:
Unit tests: 35%
Quizzes: 25%
Homework/classwork (except for prolonged projects which will be a test grade):25%
Engagement: 15%
Engagement: This portion of the grade will be based on class participation, note taking, and overall
student behavior. Notes will be checked randomly throughout the semester without prior notice. As for
student behavior, please refer to the Family Handbook on the ACA website.

Homework:
1) Homework is assigned daily.
2) No late homework assignment will be accepted as per ACA policies.
3) At the teacher’s discretion, students may re-submit incorrect questions within one school day of
getting the assignment back.

Quiz: Quizzes will be given every Friday unless otherwise noted.

Tests: There will be unit tests as well as projects as a unit test, depending on the material.

Classroom Policy: To maintain an effective learning environment,

1) Students are to be seated and ready to work at the bell for the start of class.
2) Students are to be courteous to classmates and teacher.
3) Students are to be prepared with materials and equipment.
4) Students are to be on task at all times.
**Food, drinks (except water) and gum are never allowed in the classroom.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
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In academics and scholarship, students must always do their own work, represent themselves
truthfully and claim only what is their own. Plagiarism is a serious violation of the honor code—
and is defined as the use of someone else’s words or ideas without proper acknowledgment.
(Working in groups on home-work assignments and studying together for exams is not only
permitted but encouraged.) Plagiarism is deceptive and is cheating in that it is an attempt to gain
an unfair advantage by appropriating someone else’s work or ideas.

LATE POLICY:

For daily homework assignments, late work will be scored as a zero. More substantial
assignments (labs, papers, written reflections, etc.) can be turned in late but 10% will be
subtracted from the final grade each day until they’re scored as an F (69), at which point I will
exercise my discretion. As a technical note, weekends count as one day. In the event of an
excused absence, students are afforded one extra day for each day they miss.

Course Outline
• Unit 1: analyzing Numerical
data
• Unit 2: Probability
• Unit 3: Statistical Studies
• Unit 4: Quantitative Reasoning
• Unit 5: Using Functions in Models and Decision Making
• Unit 6: Decision Making in finance
• Unit 7: Networks and Graphs