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Algebra 1 A Credit Recovery

This is an adaptive credit recovery course, in which students will complete a pretest for each module, and will be exempted from activities for topics where mastery is demonstrated. This type of credit recovery course targets individual areas of need in the curriculum and minimizes repetition of content where students have demonstrated their understanding.

Students begin Algebra 1 CR with a review of the basic tools of Algebra, including properties of operations, combining like terms, and solving simple equations and inequalities. After reinforcing these fundamentals, students build skills by studying linear models, linear inequalities, statistics, linear functions, transformations, sequences, and systems of linear equations.

Major topics include:

  • Review Basic Tools of Algebra
  • Solving Equations and Inequalities
  • LInear Models
  • Statistics
  • Functions, Transformations, and Sequences
  • Systems of Linear Equations

Students learn through online lesson activities, videos, and interactive activities. Each module begins with a pretest, proceeds to lessons that conclude with a brief self-check, and wraps with a module exam. The course concludes with a cumulative exam.

This course uses content from Accelerate Education taught by a VHS Learning instructor who is certified in their content area and who follows VHS Learning policies. The course will be hosted in the Buzz learning management system. Students may spend 40 hours completing this course, though actual time-spent will vary based on individual student performance in module pretests.

Acknowledgements

  • Pre-Algebra or equivalent
  • Students should confirm that their high school will accept this course for credit recovery before registering for this course.
  • This course contains an end-of-course proctored exam. Instructions for students to identify an appropriate adult proctor are included in the course lessons.
  • Credit recovery courses do not meet initial eligibility requirements for NCAA. Students who require flexible courses meeting initial eligibility requirements should consider VHS Learning self-paced courses.

Course Objectives

Course Learning Objectives:

  • Solve equations and inequalities using a variety of strategies, including inverse operations, cross-multiplication, percentages, the distributive property, and others.
  • Explore linear models and appropriately utilize the coordinate plane, slope, slope-intercept, and graphical representation of equations.
  • Use statistical models to accurately represent and analyze data.
  • Select tools to describe and solve functions.
  • Implement mathematical expressions to solve and represent functions.
  • Construct graphs and models to solve and represent equations.
  • Evaluate effective methods for simplifying expressions and solving systems of equations.

Additional Requirements

  • Students who require screen-reading tools may find accessibility challenges in some components of this course. Consider submitting a support request to learn more about accessibility in this course prior to registration.