Each of you should be registered for a Math 131 section on either Tuesday or Thursday.  Kim Patti, one of the graduate students in the Math Department, is your TA.  The discussion sections are as follows:

Day	Time	Location	Section
Tuesday	12:00-1:00	Cupples I, Room 115	B
Thursday	11:00-12:00	Cupples I, Room 115	A
Thursday	12:00-1:00	Cupples I, Room 115	C

All discussion sections begin in the week of January 26.

On the main page of this syllabus, there is a link to send e-mail or anonymous feedback to your TA.  For example, if you think your TA should do more problems (less detail) or fewer problems (more detail), send a message.  Others in the discussion section might disagree with you but at least the TA will have the chance to raise the question and inquire what others think.

The "anonymous feedback" feature is meant for constructive suggestions and helpful criticism for those who are reluctant to identify themselves.  If it is used for abusive comments or other improper messages, the link will be removed.

In discussion sections, you can raise questions about the lectures, discuss ideas from the course, go over problem solving techniques and raise questions about homework problems.  Discussion sections are a lot more profitable for everyone if you're prepared and come with well-focused questions--rather than questions like "How do you do
problem #5?"

There will be a quiz each week in the discussion section except in weeks when there's an exam. In particular, there will be a quiz at the first discussion section.  You should always bring your graphing calculator. Sometimes calculators may be allowed for quizzes, sometimes not.

Each quiz will have two questions, for a total of 6 points per quiz.  The quiz questions may be either conceptual or computational, and they will be related to the material assigned from the text and in the homework.

The topics that might be covered on a quiz depends on whether you're in a Tuesday or Thursday discussion section.

You should always solve quiz problems (and test problems) using the methods discussed in the course. (This comment applies primarily to students who have seen some calculus before and might be able to solve a problem using some more "advanced" method.)

There are a total of 10 quizzes.  We will discard the 4 lowest quiz scores (except that you must keep 2 of the last 4 quiz scores).  If you miss a quiz for whatever reason, a "0" is assigned for that quiz. There are no makeup quizzes, so don't waste your 4 "throw-away" quizzes by not showing up.  Save them for days when you're ill or really need to miss a discussion section for a serious reason.

Students who add the course late (and therefore do not have the opportunity to take all 10 quizzes) can drop a proportionally smaller number of quizzes.

Your quiz scores will carry a significant weight in determining grades. Therefore it makes good sense to keep up with the homework each week.

Links for Solutions to quizzes from all discussion sections (when they become available):

Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz 3
Quiz 4
Quiz 5
Quiz 6
Quiz 7
Quiz 8
Quiz 9
Quiz 10