LECTURER
Dr. Andrew D. Loveless
aloveles@math.washington.edu
Office: Padelford C-339
Office hours: Click Here
TAs:
Alyson Deines (AA,AB): adeines@math.washington.edu
Lee Patrolia (AC,AD): leep5@math.washington.edu
Larry Jean (BA, BB): leijean@amath.washington.edu
Jiansong Zhou (BC, BD): jszhou@amath.washington.edu
Joshua Jacobs (CA, CB): josher@amath.washington.edu
Yun Zhang (CC, CD): yzhang@amath.washington.edu
Exam dates:
Midterm 1: JANUARY 31
Midterm 2: FEBRUARY 21
Final exam: SATURDAY, MARCH 15
Final exam locations:
LECTURE A: Kane 120
LECTURE B: Kane 210
LECTURE C: Kane 220
Final Exam Information:
The final exam will take place on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from 5:00 to 8:00
p.m. The exam will be cumulative, covering all
topics of the course.
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Announcements:
- Have a good spring break and a nice spring quarter!
- The final grades have been posted. The median course grade is 3.1, many of you greatly improved your grade due to a high performance on the final exam. I have been more than leanient with assigning grades, so try to come and argue with me for a better grade.
- The final exam median grade was 92 out of 100, well done! (The average was 85 out of 100).
- The Week 10/Final Review is ready.
- The Week 9 Review is ready.
- The website has the following updates:
- The grades have been posted (The current median grade is 3.0). In the grade I have not yet given full weight to homework and activities, so if you have been doing well on these assignments then you grade will likely go up 0.1 or 0.2 once more of these points are included. It is very important to remember: THE FINAL EXAM IS WORTH 32% OF YOUR GRADE. It can drastically sway your grade (as much, or more than a 0.5 change in your GPA). So study hard and don't slack off.
- Here are the solutions for Exam 2 Version 1 and Exam 2 Version 2.
- The review for Week 8 is available.
- The median for Exam 2 is 44 out of 50.
Below you can see which fourth of the class you fit into:
- One fourth of the class was above 46 (out of 50).
- One fourth of the class was between 44 and 46 (out of 50).
- One fourth of the class was between 40 and 44 (out of 50).
- One fourth of the class was below 40 (out of 50).
- There is no 'curve' (because the standard gradescale will give each of you higher grades than a curve would). The standard grade scale gives:
- 45 out of 50 :: 90 percent (an A-)
GPA = 3.6
- 40 out of 50 :: 80 percent (a B-)
GPA = 2.6
- 35 out of 50 :: 70 percent (a C-)
GPA = 1.6
- This is consistent with the University of Washington recommendated grade scale and the grade scale that I posted on my website at the beginning of the term.
- IMPORTANT STUDY NOTES:
- I have posted the corrected version of the extra practice for WS 11.
- In the Exam Archive the solutions for Exam 2 Autumn 2007 (Taggart) and Exam 2 Autumn 2005 (Loveless) do not match the posted exam versions. You will need to go to the math study center to check your work on these exams.
- I have posted a Review for Exam 2. It contains a summary of worksheets 10 through 16 (they are incorrectly labeled 11-17 on the review).
- In addition to the Review for Week 6 which contains several homework solutions and hints, I have posted several more Homework 5 hints based on the questions that were being asked before and after class and in the Math Study center. I hope you find the helpful.
- A Review for Week 6 has been posted. It contains hints and some solutions for the homework.
- The website has the following updates:
- The grades have been posted.
- The median is 35 out of 50.
Below you can see which fourth of the class you fit into:
- One fourth of the class was above 40 (out of 50). Well done!
- One fourth of the class was between 35 and 40 (out of 50). Good job, review your mistakes so that you can be in the top fourth for Exam II.
- One fourth of the class was between 28 and 35 (out of 50). Still okay, but you need to make significant changes to how you studied.
- One fourth of the class was below 28 (out of 50). You need to critically review how you studied and make major changes for Exam II.
- The 'curved' gradescale for Exam 1 is approximately as follows:
- 45 out of 50 ---> GPA = 3.7
- 40 out of 50 ---> GPA = 3.2
- 35 out of 50 ---> GPA = 2.7
- 30 out of 50 ---> GPA = 2.2
- 25 out of 50 ---> GPA = 1.5
- I have been somewhat over generous in curving the grade (if you don't believe me, compare this to my standard gradescale). Because of this I will be less likely to aware or consider regrades. That is, you should try to argue with me about points on your exam because I have already adjusted the gradescale to account for lower scores.
- Here are some general comments about Exam 1.
- The solutions for Exam 1 Version 1 and Exam 1 Version 2 are available.
- The review for Week 5 (Worksheets 10, 11, and 12) and some extra practice for WS 11 is available.
- EXAM I IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 IN QUIZ SECTION! You will find an extensive list of old exams at the material archive. I have also posted solutions to an exam that I once gave for this class, along with two review sheets. You can find all of this at the right of the page. I also suggest that you read the exam study tips in the syllabus.
- Here are all the solutions to page 1 and solutions to page 2 to the lecture handout for WS 6 that we discussed today. I have also posted the Week 3 Review and Hints for Homework 3 that are posted at the right of this page.
- Check out the Week 2 Review and Hints for Homework 2 that are posted at the right of this page.
- Check out the Week 1 Review, Prologue Review, and Hints for Homework 1 that are posted at the right of this page.
