Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Summer Quarter 2010 Course Update

The following are the latest homework assignments for my math classes:

MTH1010 Section M1 -- p. 215-219: #7-15; 60; 69; 72; 81; 88; 92
p. 230-232: #21; 26; 28; 30; 41; 49; 51-57; 68; 70; 72
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MTH0100 Section A1 -- p. 144-146: #5-20; 37-44; 57-60; 73-82; 102-109
MIDTERM EXAM IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4
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MTH1010 Section E1 -- p. 191-194: Rework #27-35
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MTH0100 Section M2 -- p. 266-269: # 7-13; 31-35; 53-56; 88; 94
MIDTERM EXAM IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5
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MTH1010 Section A2 -- p. 242-244: #37-48
p. 255-256: # 28-36
p. 266-267: # 1-12; 55-64
FRACTION QUIZ ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 5


NOTE TO STUDENTS IN MTH1010:

Research papers are due September 9. All students have been asked to turn in preliminary topics for the paper and are reminded that this is a MATHEMATICS class, so the grading emphasis will be on content rather than format. See the project description rubric for what I will be looking for regarding your paper.

Do not stress out a lot over this paper. Perhaps the following will set some of your minds at ease:

-- There should be an introductory paragraph, giving an overview of what will be
discussed in the paper. This introduction should mention at least two or three
different points of emphasis.
-- Include a paragraph devoted to each of the points of emphasis mentioned in
your introduction.
-- A concluding paragraph, summarizing what was in your paper.

Follow these basic guidelines and you should be good to go, easily able to fill at least three pages. DO NOT MAKE THIS PAPER A MAGNUM OPUS!! Remember, there is a 5-page limit.

I will be more than happy to look over any of your research or even read a preliminary rough draft, if you would like. Students should be actively researching and writing now; as the project description states, August 18 (for Sections M1 and E1) and August 19 (for Section A2) is the deadline for having your first version of the proposed research paper finished. Plan on bringing it with you to class on those dates, no matter how far you have gotten toward a completed document.

And smile!!! We are at the halfway point of the quarter already! It's all downhill from here!


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