• Contact Prof. Howle:
  • Office Hours: Mondays 10:30 to 12:00, Thursdays 2:00 to 3:00 in Math 224 (or by appointment)
  • Email: victoria.howle@ttu.edu (This is the best way to reach me outside of office hours; you must put "Math 1451" in the subject line.)
  • Phone: 742-2580 ext.264
• Contact the TA: Mr. Brian Miller
  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:00 to 12:30, Thursdays 9:00 to 10:00 in Math 304
  • Email: brian.l.miller@ttu.edu
• There is free tutoring: available from the Tutoring and Study Center (TSC) in the Math department, and from the P.A.S.S. Learning Center. There is also a list of paid tutors for one-on-one tutoring available through the math department. These tutoring resources can all be found at this tutoring resources link.

Announcements

• 5/9/2012: More grade info on blackboard:
  • I added columns with your best in-class exam grade (best exam), your worst exam grade (worst exam), and the average of your middle three exams (middle exams average), and a pre-final-exam course grade.
  • I added the Best, Worst, and Middle Exams columns to make it easy for you to do your own calculations about your grade. But I also added a column with my own estimate of your current grade.
  • To get your current (pre-final exam) grade, I used the percentages we have talked about (and that are in the syllabus). To get an overall grade estimate so you can see where you stand, I used the average of your in-class exams (the straight average, not weighting them) for your "final exam" grade.
  • I have already dropped one written HW grade and one webwork grade in these estimates. They do not include HW6, which I don't have back from the graders yet, or any extra credit from the "attendance quizzes". They also don't include any very recent regrade requests.
    
  • Here's the formula I used:
    HW*0.1 + WW*0.1 + (BestExam*0.15 + WorstExam*0.05 + MiddleExamsAve*0.3) + ExamsAverage*0.3
  • The first two are the homework and webwork grades. The middle part in parentheses does the weighted average of your in-class exams giving your best one 15%, your worst one 5% and the other three 10% each. The last part is a stand-in for your final exam score, using your in-class exam average as a place-holder.
  • You can use the values from the various columns on blackboard if you want to plug in different numbers for your final exam grade so you can see what you need to get for various grades, etc.
    


• 5/9/2012: I have added your webwork grades to blackboard. The grade there is the average of your ww grades after dropping your lowest one.
  All grades are now up except for the last written homework, which is still being graded, and the final exam, which is tomorrow. So you should be able to estimate your current grade fairly accurately now. See written homework 1, problem 1, for a formula for working out your current grade.
  Currently, the "exam average" column on blackboard is just the straight average of your exams. I have not up-weighted and down-weighted yet.


• 5/8/2012: Final exam information:
  • Final exam is Thursday 5/10, 10:30 to 1:00, in AGRI 214. It is 25 multiple choice questions. Bring a scantron. You do not need bluebooks.
    The exam covers everything from chapters 1 through 5 except sections 5.6 and 5.9 (and the business part of 4.7). Note that past final exams did not always include 5.7 and 5.8 material. But with the 4-credit version of calculus, this material was supposed to be covered and is considered possible material for the final exam.
  • I will have office hours tomorrow (Wednesday) from 12:30 to 2:30.
  • I have posted more solutions below. All of the homework solutions are posted. I have also posted answers to the multiple choice parts of all of our in-class exams. I've posted solutions to the written parts of exams 1 through 3. Exams 4 and 5 should be up tonight.
    Exam 4 and exam 5 solutions are posted below now.


• 5/2/2012: I have added the last webwork (WW10) and written homework (HW06). Both are due Monday. The written assignment is due in class. The webwork is due by 11:00 p.m. Monday.


• 4/26/2012:
  If you haven't seen them yet, there are a few things posted now you might want to look at:
  • On webwork, I have posted some review problems for exam 5. The answers should also be available now. These are not graded problems, they are just to help you review.
  • On blackboard, I have entered the homework grades and your current homework average. The average is after dropping your worst homework score. All of them are entered out of 20 points. (If you had a regrade that was requested before this week, those should be up to date on blackboard as well.)
    I also added a column for your current exam average. This is a straight average of the first 4 exams. I have not down weighted your worst one or up weighted your best one yet.
  • I have also posted solutions to homework 5 so you'll have those for reviewing for the exam.
  Also, here is some information about the final exam: It will be in the Agriculture building, room 214. The exam is Thursday May 10, from 10:30 to 1:00. You will need a scantron (orange). You do not need a bluebook.


• Previous Announcements

Homework and Webwork — Updated 5/7/2012

• Note that it is possible to do many of the webwork and written homework problems with a calculator. That is fine, but exact solutions must be given when possible. Also, keep in mind that I will expect you to be able to do similar problems on exams without a calculator. So I recommend not using one, except to check your work, unless you have to.


• Most students need to work more problems than just the ones assigned in order to understand the material well enough to do well on exams. These problems should be considered a starting point for your studying, not the end point.

Lecture Slides — Updated 4/4/2012

Exam Solutions — Updated 5/8/2012

Grade Information — (blackboard grades last updated 5/9/2012)
How to access your grades and information on how to request a regrade on a particular assignment.

Copyright © 2012, Victoria Howle and Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University All rights reserved.
Comments: Victoria E. Howle (victoria.howle@ttu.edu)