Math 124 Sections C & D
Autumn 2012
Professor: John Sylvester
Office: Padelford C-556
Office Phone: (206) 543-1158
E-mail:
sylvest@uw.edu
Office hours:
Monday Wednesday Friday 1:00 -- 3:00
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Daily Schedule
Places and Times
Instructors Contact Information
Resources
Math 124 Materials
Website: Find worksheets, tests from previous quarters,
and supplementary materials here.
Math Study
Center: A very good place to get help with just about anything to
do with calculus.
CLUE: A
late-night academic center designed to support all UW undergraduates
General Information
Grades
Homework
Tuesday Worksheets
Calculators
Notes
Grades
Your grade is determined by how you do relative to the class as a
whole. All math 124 classes will take the same final exam. The median
grade is usually about 2.9. If the whole class does particularly well
(or badly) the median will move up (or down).
The outline below may
change slightly.
- Homework: 10%
- Quizzes: 15%
- 2 Midterms: 20% each
- Final: 35%
Homework
- All homework is accessible on
the WebAssign
website. Look
here
for detailed instructions. You have a two week grace period when you
can access the homework without an access code. You can buy access at
the login site, but its a lot cheaper
here.
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Each week's homework is due by 11:00PM on Tuesday, with no
exceptions. You should plan to finish by Monday evening, which gives
you a day to deal with unforseen difficulties. If you email me at
10:59PM on Tuesday and tell me your lost your internet access, I will
not be sympathetic.
Tuesday Worksheets
- Each Tuesday, we will spend the entire period working in groups
on the worksheet, which will be turn in at the end of the class.
You are
responsible for bringing the worksheets to class on Tuesdays. You
should download them from
the Math 124 Materials
Website, print them, and bring them to class. The worksheets will
be collected at the end of class and count as part of your
homework. There are 3 possible grades:
- 0 -- you didn't do it
- 1 -- you did a crummy job
- 2 -- you showed that you did some real work
- This is a very important time for learning. The instructors will
have a chance to talk with each of you and give you individual
suggestions. If you know how to do the problems, you should explain
your reasoning to the others in your group.
- You should have plenty of time to finish the worksheet. If you
are done early, start working on some of the harder homework
problems in the next week's assignment.
Scientific Calculator Required
No Graphing/Symbolic Calculators Allowed.
For the final exam, you should have a scientific calculator capable of
computing trig functions, exponentials, and logarithms. Anything that
graphs or does symbolic computations is not allowed. This is a
department wide decision and is not negotiable, but I am certainly
willing to explain it.
For quizzes and midterms, you will not need a calculator at all, but
you may bring a scientific calculator if you wish.
Notes: What's allowed
- Quizzes: No notes
- Midterms : 1 side of 1 (8.5 x 11) page of notes, but no worked
problems
- Finals : 2 sides of 1 (8.5 x 11) page