TEAM SINOPSIS
Week Six Team Synopsis
QRB 501
Learning Team Synopsis
Student One
Some pros of the Quantitative Reasoning for Business course are the materials supporting required learning for the course. This includes videos, exercises using examples, weekly practice quizzes, and the ease of participation requirements. These pros made understanding and conquering the material less intimidating. The only con that could be identified was the individual assignment in week six. At first the directions weren’t clear, but then it was realized that a paper was to accompany the Excel spreadsheet also. It is not the amount of work it takes but the fact that during the final week, most of the time was used to review for the final exam.
One of the things that worked for this course was the Khan Academy educational videos. Even though they seemed to teach on a simplistic level, they start from the basics and add on new techniques and information on top of earlier learned subjects.
Understanding how to analyze data by using analytical tools and techniques was one of the things that were learned in this course. Another was using formulas to calculate time value of money and utilizing Excel. Excel helps certain aspects of a business to keep track of details and calculate financial business activity accurately.
Overall this course was satisfying except for the last week. A suggestion would be to place the week six project in the middle of the course timeline, so as to allow for more focus on the final week and the final quiz.
Student Two The information explained in the textbook for this course was presented very well. The explanations and examples were easy to understand. The most helpful tool in this course was the Problem Sets. Having the problems with the option of Help me solve, give me an example or show me in the textbook were really helpful in teaching the content. While a lot of the information was a refresher, I learned a lot of new information.
QRB 501
Learning Team Synopsis
Student One
Some pros of the Quantitative Reasoning for Business course are the materials supporting required learning for the course. This includes videos, exercises using examples, weekly practice quizzes, and the ease of participation requirements. These pros made understanding and conquering the material less intimidating. The only con that could be identified was the individual assignment in week six. At first the directions weren’t clear, but then it was realized that a paper was to accompany the Excel spreadsheet also. It is not the amount of work it takes but the fact that during the final week, most of the time was used to review for the final exam.
One of the things that worked for this course was the Khan Academy educational videos. Even though they seemed to teach on a simplistic level, they start from the basics and add on new techniques and information on top of earlier learned subjects.
Understanding how to analyze data by using analytical tools and techniques was one of the things that were learned in this course. Another was using formulas to calculate time value of money and utilizing Excel. Excel helps certain aspects of a business to keep track of details and calculate financial business activity accurately.
Overall this course was satisfying except for the last week. A suggestion would be to place the week six project in the middle of the course timeline, so as to allow for more focus on the final week and the final quiz.
Student Two The information explained in the textbook for this course was presented very well. The explanations and examples were easy to understand. The most helpful tool in this course was the Problem Sets. Having the problems with the option of Help me solve, give me an example or show me in the textbook were really helpful in teaching the content. While a lot of the information was a refresher, I learned a lot of new information.