Math 1451-008, Calculus I, Spring 2012
Prof. Victoria Howle
- 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
- 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.
Course Syllabus:
The syllabus contains critical course information including:
grading policies, required textbooks, and calculator policy.
You should read it carefully.
Announcements
- 5/9/2012: More grade info on blackboard:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here's the formula I used:
HW*0.1 + WW*0.1 + (BestExam*0.15 + WorstExam*0.05 + MiddleExamsAve*0.3)
+ ExamsAverage*0.3
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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.
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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.
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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.
Last updated: May 9, 2012
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Victoria Howle and
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Texas Tech University
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