Questionnaire

   1. What is your full name?

a.     My full name is Ronald Andrés Jordan

   2.  Do you have a nickname that you prefer to go by?

a.     Most people call me Ron, but I go by Ronald and Ron

   3. What is your height in inches?

a.     5’10”

   4.What is your age in years?

a.     18

   5. What time do you generally wake up on any given day?

a.     I usually get up between 9 or 10

   6. What is your favorite candy?

a.     Skittles, but I have an insatiable sweet tooth

   7. What is your favorite snack food?

a.     Oreos or Wise Salt and Vinegar Chips

   8.  Who is your favorite musical artist/band?

a.     I like way too much music, its hard to pick ! If I did it by genres I think it would be Green Day, B.B. King, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson

   9. Do you have any hobbies/things you like to do for fun?

a.     I like playing basketball, I used to run track, I love playing bass, guitar, piano, drums etc. and I like sneakers

     10. What is your mathematical background? (Not limited to the list below…list other topics if needed)

Basic math algebra1 algebra2 statistics probability trigonometry

Highlited ones are the things I think I know well, I understand some concepts in trigonometry but I’m not 100% comfortable with everything

111/12. What is your comfort level with any of the following calculus concepts?

Write one of the following next to each topic:

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C)     uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

Curve sketching (C)

Instantaneous rate of change (C)

Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic functions) (V)

Difference quotient (U)

Limits (C)

Continuity (C)

Chain rule (an application of composition of functions) (V)

Product and quotient rules for derivatives (V)

Finding local and global maximums and minimums(C)

Determining inflection points (U)

Area under a curve (U)

Anti-derivatives (C)

Integration (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic functions) ©

Integration by parts (C)

Integration by substitution ©

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C)     uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

12 (V) Equations

(v) Factoring

(V) Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions

(V) Simplifying expressions

(v)Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions

(V)Operations involving whole number exponent expressions

(V)Finding common denominators

(V)Inequalities

(V)Functions

(V)Absolute value

(V)Linear functions

(V)Systems of equations

(V)Domain and range

(V)Inverse functions

(U) Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc)

©Quadratic functions

© Completing the square

©Exponential functions

© Logarithmic functions

(U) Base

© Graphing

13. Yeah i did and yeah i did

15. Texting Facebook twitter Instagram

16. Texting Facebook twitter Instagram

1   17. What is your major?

a.     Business and Entertainment

2  18. Why are you taking this math class?

a.     I liked this class last semester

3   19. Will you take other math classes in the future at American University or will this be your only math class? If yes, which classes will you take?

a.     Basic Statistics

4    20. What do you hope to learn in this class?

a.     How to better my math skills and put me in a good place to take Stats

5    21.  Is there anything else you would like me to know about you?

a.     I love traveling