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 Hour-Exam 1Wednesday, October 21, 3:30-4:45 p.m.Spaulding
Hour-
Exam 2Wednesday,
November 11, 3:30-4:45 p.m.S1: 105 Dartmouth/S2: Filene
Each of
the two hour-exams will consist of two parts--a multiple-choice part and a non
multiple-
choice part where partial credit can be earned. The final exam will consist of a
multiple-
choice part and a take-home part described below in the section on Case Studies in
Calculus.
No calculators or computers will be needed or allowed in the sit-down exams.
2.Twice-
weekly Regular Homework Exercises:
Homework will be assigned at class meetings and will be due on Mondays
and Fridays
before
class. There will always be at least one class-day between the day homework is
assigned
and the day it is due, thereby providing plenty of opportunity for you to get your
questions
answered. You will turn in homework and pick up graded homework from the
boxes
outside the classroom. This homework will consist, typically, of exercises from the
textbook
that cover the major concepts that were introduced in class. It is important to
complete
the homework on time for the day it is due. If you do this, you will have
reviewed
the ideas covered in class and be ready for the new ideas to come. Remember that
new
mathematical ideas build on old ones. Only by staying up to date in the homework
will
you
avoid getting lost.
When we
assign the problems, we will not have in mind drill and repetition. We are aware
that you
bring different backgrounds to the course, and that students will differ in their
need to
practice by doing problems on a given topic. Therefore, we will concentrate instead
on
pointing out problems that will be illustrative of the kinds that will appear on the
exams.
Typically, we will assign a half-dozen or so problems, sometimes fewer, on
a given day.
In some
cases, particularly in introductory or review sections, more problems may be
assigned
to cover the many ideas introduced. We are leaving it to you to judge how well
you can
handle the problems given and whether you need more practice by choosing
additional problems of the same type.
3.Special
Case Study in CalculusAssignments:
This term
we are going to develop one extended application of calculus on modeling the
USA
population from census data. This will be done in the form of what we will call a
Case
Study in Calculus(CSC). The CSC will be an example of using calculus to model
real-
world problems involving real data. During the term, you will produce and turn in
reports
on the first four chapters of the CSC. They will be assigned in weeks 3, 5, 8, and
9. Each
of the four chapters will be developed over a three class-day period--introduced in
class on
the first day, and discussed further in class on the second day; your report will be
due as
homework on the third class day. Your report on the fifth and last chapter of the
CSC will
be developed as part of the take-home portion of the final exam. The completed
report on
the CSC will constitute the take-home part of the final and will be due at the
exam. It
will consist of a Table of Contents, the four graded chapter-reports you submitted
during
the term, summaries of each of your four reports reviewing what is in the chapter-
report or
what should have been in it (e.g. issues, techniques, conclusions), the report on
the fifth
chapter, and an overall summary.
The
issues that you will be exploring in each chapter of the CSC will give you an
opportunity to think about the overall topic over the entire term. Looking
ahead to the final,
the best
way to proceed is to write the chapter-report summary and review when you get
back the
graded report, and not wait until the end of the term. With the material fresh in
your
mind, you will be able to critique your own work and make up deficiencies in light
of
comments from the grader. File away each chapter-report and
summary/review in a safe
place.
Then at the end of the term, you will be ready to tackle the issues that will form the
content
of Chapter 5. Putting together the complete report on the CSC should be a
straightforward matter of assembling the reports on chapters 1-5, the
summaries of reports
on
chapters 1-4, an overall summary, and a table of contents. A decorative cover would
add a
personal touch and could be fun if you felt so inclined.
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