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While I strongly encourage anyone who has a question during lecture to raise it, I am aware that not everyone feels
comfortable doing this in one of our (appallingly) large lecture sections. The discussion sections give you an opportunity to ask questions about lecture, course ideas, problem-solving techniques and homework exercises in a small group setting presided over by a graduate instructor. |
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A total of 10 quizzes will be given in discussion section on
weeks indicated in the lesson schedule.
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conceptual or computational. In the latter case you will need your calculator(scientific, not graphing), so be sure to bring it. Each quiz has two questions, for a total of six points, so partial credit is given. The quiz given on a particular week will cover any material in sections after those covered on the last quiz, through Friday of the preceding week. You should always solve quiz problems using the methods recently covered in the course. This rule applies primarily to students who have seen some calculus before, and might be able to solve a problem using some more "advanced" method. |
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There are 10 quizzes in all. Of these, the lowest 4 scores will be discarded before the quiz grade is calculated. At most
2 of the dropped scores may come from among 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 "discards" by not showing up - save them for days when illness or some other genuine problem keeps you away. Students who add the course late (and therefore do not have the chance to take all 10 quizzes) can drop a proportionally smaller number of quiz scores. The total quiz grade will count as 10% of your course grade |
Each week after quizzes are graded, the instructors will post solutions to the latest
quiz here. Please follow these links:
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