| Instructor: Greg Crow, Ph.D. |
Text: Discovering Curves and Surfaces with Maple Klimek and Limek New York: Springer Verlag |
Table of Contents: Course Description Required Materials Comment Portfolio Examinations Grading Policies Cheating Policy The Final Examination |
Class meetings: Monday 2:45-4:45 |
| Office hours: Rohr Science 220 |
Comment
We will try and avoid the following pitfall by making lots of nice pictures:
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))
Portfolio
A portfolio of your work will be submitted near mid-semester. It will consist of as many of the required elements as you
have been able to master. Your completed semester portfolio will
be submitted at the end of the course.
Examinations
There will no examinations.
| Mid-Term Portfolio | 200 points |
| Final Portfolio | 800 points |
| Total | 1000 points |
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | (87.5, 90) | (77.5, 80) | (67.5, 70) | |
| [92.5, 100] | [82.5, 87.5] | [72.5, 77.5] | [62.5, 67.5] | |
| - | [90, 92.5) | [80, 82.5) | [70, 72.5) | [60, 62.5) |
CHEATING POLICY
A student who is caught copying the artistic work of another student may receive an "F" for the semester.
The FINAL EXAM will be held at a local restaurant.
