Make-ups will be given for the exams only in the event of excused absences. Legitimate excuses from an exam (for example, verified illness, family emergencies, etc.) should be brought to Professor Jensen's attention as soon as possible, preferably before the exam. Make your end of semester travel reservations carefully, as a conflicting travel reservation is not a valid excuse for missing, or rescheduling, the final. Unexcused absence from any exam will result in a score of zero for that exam.
Instructor: Gary R. Jensen. His office is in room
104, Cupples I. Office phone is 935-6302, e-mail address is
gary@math.wustl.edu, home phone 862-4569. Announcements will be posted occasionally on the Math 266 home page
www.math.wustl.edu/~gary/Math266/Spring04/M266s04.html
Office Hours: TBA and by appointment, in 104 Cupples I.
Text: Arithmetic for Teachers, by Gary R. Jensen, American Mathematical Society, 2004. The pace of the course is indicated in the Lesson Schedule
Requirements: Students will learn the material by reading the text, doing practice exercises, doing the homework problems and attending class where concepts and exercises will be discussed. Class participation is expected.
Computer usage: Computers will be used for e-mail and web access during the semester.
Class attendance: Classes run from 10:07 to 11:30. Please arrive on time and stay until the end of class. Late arrivals and early departures are disruptive. Because the class lectures and the class discussions are of central importance for this class, attendance is required. Any student absent more than three times will be asked to drop the course.
Homework: A written homework assignment will be
handed out each Tuesday and collected at the beginning of class the following Tuesday.
Homeworks will be graded, with comments, and returned in class the next Thursday.
The homework must be written on 8.5 x 11 paper, not torn
from a spiral notebook. Multiple pages must be stapled together.
Unstapled papers will not be accepted.
As an aid in learning what is expected on homeworks, students may resubmit the first homework assignment.
It will be regraded
and the second score will be the one used for that assignment.
These
assignments will count towards the grade. Each assignment will be worth
100 points. The homework score for the course will be the
average, H, of the 13 homeworks.
Collaboration: This course will follow the guidelines
set down under the
Academic Integrity Policy
of Arts & Sciences.
Students are encouraged to collaborate
on all homework and to form study groups. However, each student must write
up and hand in his or her own homework assignments. You might have worked
a problem with someone else, or someone else showed you how to do the
problem, but you must then write up the solution on your own. At the end
of each assignment list the names of everyone with whom you worked, or who
gave you help, on the assignment, in accordance with guideline 2 of the
academic integrity statement. Suspected violations of these guidelines will
be referred to the Committee on Academic Integrity.
Calculators: A calculator will not be used in the course.
Grades:
Your grade for the course will be based on your
midterm exam score (30%), your final exam score (40%), your lecture
(5%) and the average of your written homework scores (25%). Let E be your midterm
exam score, F your final exam score, L your lecture score (out of
possible 100)
and H the average of your homework scores (as described above)
Let
- A+ if T >= 95
- A if 95 > T >= 90
- A- if 90 > T >= 85
- B+ if 85 > T >= 80
- B if 80 > T >= 75
- B- if 75 > T >= 70
- C+ if 70 > T >= 65
- C if 65 > T >= 60
- C- if 60 > T >= 55
- D if 55 > T >= 50
- F if 50 > T.
Former Math 266 Exams
These will be scanned and posted.
Other links
-
Gary R. Jensen's home page
-
Mathematics Department home page
- History of Math project of St. Andrews in the UK
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times.
Gary Jensen
Last modified: Wed Jan 14 16:39:25 CST 2004