Previous Announcements: Math 1451-008, Calculus I, Spring 2012
4/24/2012:
The next webwork is assigned. WW09 is due Friday by 11:00 p.m.
If you haven't checked them yet, the exam 4 grades on up on
blackboard. I did end up curving exam 4 somewhat. Your grade
is out of 25 points (instead of 28). This is shown in the
"exam 4 curved" column on blackboard.
Don't forget about
exam 5 coming up on
Monday 4/30 in class.
It covers sections 4.6, 4.7, and 5.1 through 5.5. We did most
of 5.5 today and will finish it off on Wednesday.
4/13/2012: I have posted the next webwork assignment
(WW08) and the next written assignment (HW05) in the homework section
below. These are both due next Friday, 4/20.
4/11/2012: I have posted solutions to written HW04
below so you will have them for your exam 4 studying. Don't forget
exam 4 is THIS FRIDAY and covers sections 3.7, 3.8, and 4.1 through
4.5 in the textbook.
4/4/2012: I have added lecture notes for chapter 5
below. We should start chapter 5 today (Wednesday).
Don't forget that Exam 4 is
coming up on Friday 4/13/2012 .
Exam 4 will cover sections 3.7, 3.8, and 4.1 through 4.5.
3/24/2012: As you probably saw in email, the current
webwork (WW06) is now due on Monday 3/26.
Don't forget the written assignment, which is also do Monday (in class).
I have also posted the next webwork, WW07. It covers sections 4.4
and 4.5 and is due Friday 3/30.
3/18/2012: I hope everyone had a good spring break!
I have been out of town over the break, so I plan to return
Exam 3 on Wednesday 3/21.
The next webwork, WW06, is posted. WW06 will be due Friday
3/23/2012.
The next written homework, HW04, is posted. HW04 will be due
in class on Monday 3/26/2012.
The chapter 4 lecture notes (which we started last Friday)
are posted below.
3/6/2012: Don't forget Exam 3 this Wednesday 3/7! It
covers sections 3.1 through 3.6.
Homework 3 (written) solutions are posted below in the homework
section.
2/26/2012:
In case you haven't seen them yet, exam 2 grades are available
on Blackboard.
The next Webwork and written homework are now posted. See the
homework section below for details.
Exam 3 is already coming up fast. Note that there is a typo in
the syllabus. The exam is on Wednesday, 3/7.
2/15/2012: Don't forget exam 2
on Friday 2/17. The exam covers chapter 2 material.
See my email from earlier today with information on office hours
Thursday.
2/10/2012: I have posted the chapter 3 notes below. We
should start Chapter 3 today or Monday. (More likely Monday.)
2/9/2012: The new webwork and written homework are both posted
below in the Homework section. Both are due Wednesday, 2/15, by 3:00
(in class for the written assignment).
2/7/2012: I have posted grades to blackboard. On the
blackboard (webct) page, you should be able to see your homework 1
score (out of 20 pts) and your exam 1 scores. For exam 1, there are
columns for your written part score (out of 8 pts), your multiple
choice score (out of 12 pts), and your total score (written + 2 times
MC; so out of 32 pts), and your percent grade.
Blackboard/webct can be accessed at
www.blackboard.ttu.edu using
your eRaider login and password.
Also, see the new sections added below. They include links to
blackboard, exam solutions, information on your grades.
I have also decided to post the typed part of my lecture notes.
I will include lecture notes here chapter by chapter and will
generally post them shortly before we start each new chapter.
These are the basic typed slides that I start with.
You will still need to
take notes on anything else done in class such as clarifying
information, filling in definitions and details, correcting typos in
the slides, as well as any examples we do.
2/6/2012: Here are solutions to the multiple choice
problems. I'll put all four version of the exam, but the problems
differed only in order, not in content. (I will also post
solutions to the written problems shortly. But I wanted to get this up
right away so you can check how you did. With luck I'll also have
grades available through Blackboard soon, but that is not working
yet.)
Exam 1 Version A
Exam 1 Version B
Exam 1 Version C
Exam 1 Version D
2/6/2012: If you disagree with the grading on any
assignments that have been returned, please use this
Regrade Request Form.
Please fill out the form, staple it to your assignment, and give
it to me in class or during office hours (or in my mailbox if you let me
know that you've put it there).
2/2/2012:
Don't forget that we have Exam 1 tomorrow
(Friday) in class. Be sure to bring an orange scantron with you. You also need a
number 2 pencil to fill out the scantron.
Exam 1 covers chapter 1 in the textbook.
You should be able to see answers for the webwork assignment
now that it is closed (WW01). You can also see answers for the optional
webwork problems I posted if you want additional problems to study.
I have also posted solutions to the written homework problems
(below in the homework section).
The next webwork (WW02) is open on the webwork system. This
assignment is due next Wednesday, 2/8, and covers material from
2.1 and 2.2.
There will be no written homework assignment due next week. Just
the webwork.
1/31/2012: I have posted solutions for the written
assignment HW01 below in the homework section.
I will post the next homework assignments shortly.
1/28/2012:
There are a few minutes worth of topics that I did not get to on
Friday that affect the first webwork assignment. So I am changing the due
date of first webwork, WW01. It will be due at 3:00 p.m. on
Wednesday 2/1.
That should also give a little extra time for figuring out
webwork and for students who added the class recently.
Note that the written homework, HW01, is STILL DUE MONDAY as assigned.
(And again, be sure to read the written homework rules in the
syllabus before you turn it in.) I will be posting solutions to the
assignment on Monday evening, so I cannot accept late homework.
Also note that Exam 1 will still be on
Friday 2/3 in class .
(You need to bring a scantron form -- the orange one.
For written problems, you will write directly on the exam,
so no bluebooks are necessary.)
Exam 1 will be over chapter 1.
I have put some practice problems on the webwork system to help you
with studying for the exam. They are listed as Practice Problems for
Chapter 1. They will not be graded and are completely optional.
The answers to these problems are already available. I recommend trying the
problems without seeing the answers first, but whenever you want to see
them, you can just check the "Show Answers" button and when you check your
answer, it will also tell you the correct answer. Answers to the
WW01 assignment problems will become available shortly after the
assignment is due. And I will post solutions to the written homework.
1/25/2012:
Here are a couple of comments that have come up on the current
webwork assignment WW01:
Problem 4: this one does require a calculator for the last
step. Your answer will be the arccosine of a number. It will not be
one that you can figure out from the unit circle. You can just use a
calculator to get the final answer. (If I asked a similar
question on an exam, I would rig it so that you would not need a
calculator.)
Problem 13: the answer format is a little odd on this one.
They want you to enter the bounds of the interval in the inner
(larger) blanks, and the kind of interval (open or closed) in the
outer (smaller) two blanks. So for example, if the answer to one of
the intervals was (-3,5], you would enter:
( -3 5 ]
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where you can go and ask homework questions or get other tutoring. The
tutoring is free. You get find information on the Tutoring
Center and other tutoring resources (including paid tutors)
at
this tutoring resources link.
I have scheduled my office hours for the semester. They are
Mondays 10:30 to 12:00 and Thursdays 2:00 to 3:00.
1/20/2012:
Welcome to Math 1451-008.
Important announcements will be posted here.
Please check this page frequently.
I have posted the first webwork and written homework
assignments below. Both assignments are due by the beginning of class
on Monday 1/30.
A portion of your homework with be through the online homework
system Webwork. There is information on Webwork including the URL and
how to log on in the homework section below. Please try logging on to
webwork as soon as possible to make sure you don't have any problems
accessing the assignments.