Week 4 Reading Assignments, Learning Goals, Problem Sets, and Schedule

Please find the Week 4 Assignments by clicking on the links below:

Week 4 Class Meeting Schedule:

  • Mon. Oct. 15, 10am-noon, CAL: Quiz & Quiz Workshop. Quizzes: LA & MVVC.
  • Mon. Oct. 15, 1-3pm, Cave: MVVC.
  • Tue. Oct. 16, 10 – 11:40am, Cave: DE.
  • **Tue. Oct. 16, 11:45am – 1:15pm, Purce Lecture Hall Classroom 5: Cross-Program Potluck Mixer
  • Tue. Oct. 16, 1:30-3:30pm, Cave: LA.
  • Wed. Oct. 17, 9-10:30am, Cave: MVVC
  • Wed. Oct. 17, 10:30am-noon, Cave: DE
  • Wed. Oct. 17, noon-1pm, Cave: Seminar
  • Thu. Oct. 18, 10-11:30am, Cave: LA
  • Thu. Oct. 18, 12:30-4pm, CAL: All-Program Check-in; Math Lab.

Quiz Feedback scale

The faculty plan is to return Quizzes taken on Monday by the following Wednesday or Thursday. In addition to any problem-specific feedback, we will also evaluate each problem using the following numeric codes:

  1. perfect, including clear, complete, coherent, correct solution
  2. nearly perfect, with only a few minor errors
  3. many minor or a few major mistakes, but on the right track
  4. correct start, but many major mistakes or goes off track early in process
  5. something correct or relevant written down
  6. blank, or nothing correct or relevant written down

If a problem is coded with a 0, 1, or 2, you should generally produce a revision. Often, a problem coded with a 3 should be considered for revision. Problems coded with a 4 or 5 will never require a revision.

Week 3 Faculty Availability

  • Brian is available from 3:30 – 4:30pm on Tue. Oct. 9 in the Cave, as usual
  • Krishna is available from 11:30am – 12:30pm on Thu. Oct. 11 in the Cave
  • We will have brief individual check-in meetings during Thursday’s Math Lab; you will meet with either Brian or Krishna this week, and then next week you will meet with the other.

Week 4 Cross-program Potluck Mixer!

  • In Week 4, on Tuesday October 16, we’ll have a joint potluck mixer with students from the introductory program Matter and Motion.
  • The potluck mixer will be from 11:45 to 1:15 in Purce Lecture Hall Classroom 5.
  • Faculty will provide some pizza.
  • Please coordinate with each other to bring potluck-style food and drinks (making sure to arrange for special food restrictions).
  • Faculty will also provide disposable plates/bowls/cups and silverware. You are encouraged to bring your own plate/bowl, cup, and silverware, in order to limit trash.

Week 3 Reading Assignments, Learning Goals, Problem Sets, and Schedule

Please find the Week 3 Assignments by clicking on the links below:

Week 3 Class Meeting Schedule:

  • We are on our standard schedule, with our new rooms.
  • Mon. Oct. 8, 10am-noon, CAL: Quiz & Quiz Workshop. Quizzes: DE & MVVC. Bring your Problem Set Notebooks (PSNs) for PSN Check.
  • Mon. Oct. 8, 1-3pm, Cave: MVVC. Bring Boas. Come with Big Math Ideas and your specific questions from the reading already written down.
  • Tue. Oct. 9, 10am-noon, Cave: DE. Bring Boas. Come with Big Math Ideas and your specific questions from the reading already written down.
  • Tue. Oct. 9, 1:30-3:30pm, Cave: LA. Bring Strang. Come with Big Math Ideas and your specific questions from the reading already written down.
  • Wed. Oct. 3, 9-10:30am, Cave: MVVC (bring Boas).
  • Wed. Oct. 3, 10:30am-noon, Cave: DE (bring Boas).
  • Wed. Oct. 3, noon-1pm, Cave: Seminar (bring reading and writing prompt responses).
  • Thu. Oct. 4, 10-11:30am, Cave: LA (bring Strang).
  • Thu. Oct. 4, 12:30-4pm, CAL: All-Program Check-in; Math Lab.