Instructor
Dr. Jennifer Taggart
taggart@math.washington.edu
Office: Padelford C-334
Office hours
TAs:
Kris Reed (AA, AB),
reed@math.washington.edu
Nathanial Blair-Stahn (AC, AD),
ndbs@math.washington.edu
Mike Cecil (BA, BB),
mjcecil@math.washington.edu
Melissa Vellela (BC, BD)
tmbgnut@amath.washington.edu
Exam dates:
Midterm 1: April 21
Midterm 2: May 17
Final exam: June 4
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Announcements:
- Announced 6/11/2005: And now, here's what you've all been waiting for:
GRADES!!! For technical reasons, I'm
only posting your final exam grade, your final percentage in the course,
and your grade as it will appear on your transcript. Please read the
following:
- Students are listed by the last four digits of their student ID. If the
last four digits of your student ID start with one or more zeros, they
do not appear here. (For example, if the last four digits of your student
ID are 0722, then you appear here simply as 722.)
- The median grade on the final exam was an 82, much better than the median
scores on the midterm exams. (Good work, by the way!) However, to compute
final grades, I used the same scale as before. So, these grades should
be consistent with the predicted grades posted before.
- I dropped your lowest homework and lowest activity scores.
- The median grade in the course is a 2.9.
- If you're still in town and would like to see your final exam, I will
be in my office (doing an end-of-spring cleaning) from 2 to 4 p.m. on Monday,
June 13. Feel free to stop by and visit your exam. I keep all my finals
for one full quarter. If you'd like to have your exam to keep, stop by at
the end of fall quarter and I'll give it to you.
If you have any questions or concerns about your grade, feel free to
e-mail me. Please don't be surprised, though, if it takes a couple of
days for me to get back to you. Have an excellent summer!
- Announced 6/10/2005: Hey all. I'm working on your grades. Looks like I may not get to post course grades today, but here is a pdf containing final exam grades. The median on the final exam was an 82. So, final grades may be a bit lower than the predicted grades I posted a couple of weeks ago. I'll post them as soon as they're done.
- Announced 5/30/2005: Many end-o'-the-quarter announcements to follow:
- The final exam will be held this Saturday, June 4, from 5 to 8 p.m.
in Kane 130. You are expected to bring photo ID, a calculator, a ruler, and one sheet of handwritten
notes. The exam is cumulative with a little less than half of the material coming
from the new stuff (WS 20-25, PS 3).
- During Wednesday's lecture, I'll go over the following
review for the final exam.
- I will answer your questions in lecture on Friday.
- Alison Johnston from the MSC and CLUE will be holding a review session on
Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. in Mary Gates Hall. Check at the CLUE info
desk in MGH for the room number.
- The MSC will be open this Friday afternoon from 12:30 to 4:30 and then
will close for the quarter.
- If you have any math-related questions, you can e-mail them to me. I
promise to answer any questions that I receive by midnight on Friday. After
that, I promise nothing.
- Announced 5/30/2005: Here are
updated projected grades and
final grade predictions.
Feel free to e-mail or stop by the study center or make an appointment
to meet me if you have questions about your grade. But please read the
info at the top of the grades page first to make sure we haven't already
answered your question.
- Announced 5/25/2005: If there's something on the last midterm that
you think was mis-graded, please show it to Dr. T. If Dr. T. believes
it's worth trying for, you will be asked to submit a written request
for a re-grade. All written requests must be submitted by Friday, May 27.
- Announced 5/25/2005: One of my TAs asked what he should be telling
his students about studying for the final. Here's my response:
Since I look to the Problem Sets to get my inspiration for exam problems, the most important thing for them to do is to re-do (or do for the first time) all the assigned Problem Set problems. After each one, they should do their best to articulate what they did and, most important, why they did it.
I also recommend going through their lecture notes several times before the exam. Since I write the exams, the lecture notes should give students a good idea of the kinds of words I use.
Finally, I recommend making a note sheet BEFORE doing a lot of studying. If I were studying for this exam, I would go through my notes and through the book and write down important definitions, formulas, and "recipes" for solving certain problems. Then I would start doing problems, either from the problem sets or from old exams, using that note sheet as my only reference. As students work on problems, they may find things they need to add to the note sheet. By the time they get to the exam, they should be very familiar with everything on their sheet of notes.
The most important thing about studying for these exams is that the students must ACTIVELY solve problems. Reading through solutions that someone else wrote up or even solutions that they made themselves 8 weeks ago will not help much. They need to practice, practice, practice and really work on explaining for themselves why they do everything they do.
- Announced 5/18/2005: There is an activity scheduled for Thursday's
quiz section, so please go to class. You will get your exams back next
Tuesday and then projected grades will be posted the following (three-day)
weekend. Here are the answers to the exam:
- Announced 5/18/2005: Although you are welcome to study in the MSC
this afternoon, Dr. T. will not be there. Come to my office instead
(PDL C-334) if you have any questions.
- Announced 5/17/2005: As many of you noticed, the Math Department
server was down all night last night. That was unfortunate timing, but
rest assured that everything on the exam is amply covered in the text.
Good luck on the exam!
- Announced 5/15/2005: And another review session: Monday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.,
Thompson 119, with TA Nathaniel Blair-Stahn.
- Announced 5/14/2005: Here's another review session: Monday, 5-7 p.m.,
Loew 102, with TA Kris Reed.
- Announced 5/13/2005: I forgot to mention it in class today, but there
is a Homework 6.5 that is assigned but won't be collected. The problems
therein are fair game for the exam. Check the homework
schedule for the assignment.
- Announced 5/13/2005: There are a couple of review sessions planned
for the exam.
- Monday, 6-7 p.m. with TA Mike Cecil in SMI 105.
- Monday, 7-9 p.m. with tutor Alison Johnston at CLUE in Mary Gates Hall.
(Check at the CLUE info desk for the room.)
- Announced 5/13/2005: Here's the Exam II
Review from class today.
- Announced 5/11/2005: Exam II will be held in quiz section on Tuesday,
May 17. It will cover Worksheets 12-19 (including WS 18A) and
Problem Set 2.
Please bring to the exam a calculator, a ruler,
photo ID, and one sheet of handwritten notes. The
FAQ containes advice on how to study in order
to do well on this exam. The
Math 112 Exam Archive
contains exams given in previous quarters. (WARNING: Your exam will not
look exactly like any of these exams. Your goal should not be to
memorize how to solve the problems on the old exams, but to learn how
to solve problems in general.)
- Announced 5/3/2005: The answer in the text to Worksheet 18A, #9(b)
is incorrect. The correct answer is 1.18379. (This and another correction
have been added to the list of textbook corrections
at the Math 112 materials site.)
- Announced 5/1/2005: Here are projected
grades. Feel free to e-mail or stop by my office hours or study center
hours if you have a question. But please read the info at the top of the
grades page first to make sure we haven't already answered your question.
- Announced 4/25/2005: Here are hints and answers to the first exam:
If you have a question about how something was graded, check the answer
keys first. They give the points breakdown for each question. See Dr. T.
if you feel there was an error in the grading of your exam. Dr. T. will
assess whether you should make a written appeal for a re-grade. No appeals
will be accepted after Friday, April 29. Look over your exam and ask
your questions as soon as possible. Exam statistics and projected grades
will be posted over the weekend.
- Announced 4/25/2005: In Worksheet 13, you don't need to do anything with
flow charts. So, anywhere it says to make a flow chart or use a flow chart,
you can ignore it. Therefore, you can skip Exercise 4 altogether.
- Announced 4/20/2005: Alison Johnston (of CLUE and the Study Center)
will be holding a review session
Wednesday night at CLUE in Mary Gates Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. Check at
the CLUE information desk in Mary Gates Commons for room information.
- Announced 4/20/2005: The Study Center will be closed on Thursday
after the exam.
- Announced 4/18/2005: Here is the review
I went over in lecture today. Sorry for the delay.
- Announced 4/16/2005: Homework 3.5
should have included Problem Set 1, #17. I've updated the assignments
page to reflect this.
- Announced 4/15/2005: Exam I will be held in quiz section on
Thursday, April 21. It will cover Worksheets 1-11 and Problem Set 1.
(Note that we skipped Worksheet 8. That will not be on the exam.)
Please bring to the exam a calculator, a ruler, photo ID, and
one sheet of handwritten notes. The FAQ
contains advice on how to study in order to do well on this exam.
The Math
112 Exam Archive contains exams given in previous quarters.
(WARNING: Your exam will not look exactly like any of these exams.
Your goal should not be to memorize how to solve only the problems on
the old exams, but to learn how to solve problems in general.)
- Announced 4/12/2005: Here is a list
of exponent rules, including several examples, that may help you
in computing derivatives. Let me know if you find any mistakes or if
you discover any other rules I've left out.
- Announced 4/6/2005: Quiz sections BA and BB (with TA Mike Cecil) are
moving to LOW 106, starting next Tuesday, April 12.
- Announced 3/27/2005: Usually, you'll be able to find homework assignments
by clicking on the "homework schedule" link over on the right-hand side of this
page. But because it's so special, here's Homework 0:
- purchase your "text" (packet of worksheets and problem sets) from
Professional Copy'N'Print on the Ave
- purchase (from Odegaard library copy center) or download the
packet of lecture handouts and bring these
to class on Wednesday
- get a clear plastic ruler and a scientific calculator and bring
these to class on Wednesday
- read the FAQ for this course
- e-mail me if you
have any questions that aren't covered on the FAQ