• Calculator: A scientific calculator is required (in the $15 to $25 range).
• Supplies: About five 3.5" computer disks.

Comment
We will try and avoid the following pitfall:

At the beginning college level, visualization is a big part of understanding. Consequently, students who are operating with few mental pictures are not really learning mathematics. Their calculus consists of a vast series of algorithms and a complicated cataloging system which tells them which procedure is used when. The effort put into this kind of teaching and learning is largely wasted: memorized algorithms are soon forgotten and, worse still, such courses perpetuate the idea that math involves doing calculations rather than thinking [emphasis added].

(by Deborah Hughes Hallet in Visualization and Calculus Reform, in the collection Visualization in Teaching and Learning Mathematics, edited by Zimmerman and Cunningham (MAA notes #19))

Homework
The homework is designed to allow you to grasp the concepts of Calculus; it is not an end in itself. Assignments will be announced on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The work will be due on the last class day of the following week. The problems from the text may be submitted entirely on paper in written or in Maple format.
Lab Reports
The lab work is designed to allow you to grasp the concepts of Calculus; it is not an end in itself. The lab report must be submitted entirely in Maple format. Each file submitted by e-mail must have an eight character name (or shorter) with Your Three Initials and then numbers indicating which assignment is being submitted. If you were submitting Lab 3.4 then the name should be "YTI3-4.mws" Avoid the use of .'s prior to the extension in your file name.
Groups
There is almost a century of research showing that academic achievement, productivity, and self-esteem improve dramatically when students work together in groups. This method emphasizes teamwork, cooperation and support by others, rather than isolation and competition in learning.

You will be randomly assigned to a group on a monthly basis. Certain homework problems will be assigned to each group. If selected, your group will present their assigned problems to the class. Absence or obvious lack of participation will lower your semester homework grade by up to 25%.

Examinations
There will be three classroom exams, a comprehensive Final exam, a lab exam and a comprehensive Lab Final exam. No exam shall be missed without prior consent or a well documented emergency beyond your control. A score of zero will be assigned for an exam that is missed without prior consent or a well documented emergency beyond your control. The exam schedule is included in the daily schedule. I do not intend to accept excuses such as poor communication with parents, benefactors, surf team sponsors and/or travel agents.

Grading Policies

Other factors that affect grades are

• Late work. A written assignment is late if it is not received at the beginning of class on the due date. Late work need not be accepted. Work accepted late may be assessed a penalty. Make-up tests (or the final exam) will be given only by arrangement with the instructor for reasons of documented emergency beyond your control.
• Questions on written assignments and exams: Written assignments and test/exam questions and problems must be formulated carefully in terms of words and symbols used in the course. Credit is determined by the degree to which answers and solutions respond to the specific question or problem stated. Maximize your credit by learning the language and symbols of the course.
• Written Assignments. Assignments collected must be prepared in a style suitable for grading. The following guidelines are used to determine credit:
  • problems must be numbered (5.3-34 or 5.3 at the top and #34 below.)
  • the organization must be easy to follow
  • the work must be legible
  • complete solutions must be written for problems (not just answers); answers must be clearly marked
  • use complete sentences to answer questions
• Exams and Final Examination. Exams and the final exam will include problems and questions over material assigned in the text, readings and handouts, as well as material presented in class.

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