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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 quiz will be given in discussion section every week there is not an exam in the course. Questions may be either conceptual
or computational. In the latter case you will need your calculator, so be sure to bring it. Each quiz has two questions, for a total of six points, so partial credit is given. Quizzes are given during the sections, all of which meet every Tuesday, and cover all material presented on M W F of the previous 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 30% of your course grade - please take them seriously. |