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WORK DUE at the beginning of class or lab
unless otherwise noted! |
| Dec 12 - Wed |
- Comprehensive final exam will occur from 9am-11am in Walker 304
(this is officially for the 11:00
class,
but you may attend either exam period.)
Review sheet
See also extra credit opportunities.
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| Dec 11 - Tues |
- Comprehensive final exam will occur from 9am-11am in Walker 304
(this is officially for the 9:30 class,
but you may attend either exam period.)
Review sheet
See also extra credit opportunities.
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| Dec 5 - Wed |
- Quiz 8 due by 11:55pm
(your grade is the highest of the (up to) 5 times
that you take this quiz.)
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| Dec 3 - Mon |
- Look at the entrance survey
and revisit your thoughts about these questions. In addition,
think about what style of doing mathematics is most rewarding for you.
(No written work is due - just your thoughts).
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Bring the following to lab: tests 1 and 2,
and your stock packet.
- Study for WebCt quiz 8
by reviewing Homer part 1,
Homer part 2,
web readings from the shape of the
universe lab and recent class notes (from 11/15 up through now).
- In lab we will work on a review lab
which is due at the end of the class.
- Quizzes 6 and 7 due by 11:55pm
(your grade is the highest of the (up to) 5 times
that you take each of these quizzes.)
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| Nov 30 - Fri |
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| Nov 27 - Tues |
- Final draft
of
Statistics Detective Persuasive Report DUE at 5pm. You must
turn in your original draft and the graded checklist too. Final draft
is 80% of this major writing assignment grade. You may work with at most
1 other person and turn in 1 per group. See revision suggestions
on the WebCT posting. If you bring drafts into office hours,
I am happy to give you additional suggestions.
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| Nov 26 - Mon |
- Bring your stock packet to lab.
- Read Heart of Math p. 288-319 and prepare a brief summary to turn in.
The book is on reserve in the library or in my office.
- Study for WebCT quiz 7 on
perspective drawing, Heart of Math reading, Escher and
the geometry of
the earth questions 1-7
- In lab we will work on WebCt quiz 7,
the shape of the universe lab,
and do stock update number 3.
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| Nov 20 - Tues |
- Final
worksheets
due by 5pm for your mathematician. (Worth
50% of this major writing assignment grade.) You must turn in 2 paper copies
and a computer copy along with the graded checklist from draft 1.
Please return any references that I photocopied for you on
your mathematician so that they can be re-used (in order to save paper).
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| Nov 19 - Mon |
- In lab, we will
work on Spheres and GPS - How it Works,
Homer part 2 (due in lab) and
WebCT quiz 6 total on the
What is a Mathematician segment (study these questions and the trends
and statistics that we discussed).
- Quiz 5 total due by 11:55pm
(your grade is the highest of the (up to) 5 times
that you take this quiz.)
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| Nov 16 - Fri |
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| Nov 13 - Tues |
- If you presented on Rudin, Morgan or Daubechies, your graded worksheets
and a list of students names and their grades are due at the beginning of
class.
-
Geometry of the Earth and Universe report due at the beginning of
class (counts as 100% of this major writing assignment grade).
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| Nov 12 - Mon |
- The classes' answers for the
Rudin, Morgan and Daubechies worksheets are due at the beginning of class.
- If you presented on Erdos or Blackwell, your graded worksheets
and a list of students names and their grades are due at the beginning of
class.
- In lab, we will summarize the
What is a Mathematician segment
via IDS viewpoint.
Work on
perspective drawing and Homer part 1 lab.
If time remains, then you may work on the geometry report.
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| Nov 8 - Thur |
- The classes' answers for the
Erdos and Blackwell worksheets are due at the beginning of class.
- If you presented on Cantor or Ramanujan, your graded worksheets
and a list of students names and their grades are due at the beginning of
class.
- Presentations and worksheets
on Mary Ellen Rudin, Frank Morgan and Ingrid Daubechies
- Extra credit talk on Geometry at Work in 304 from 4-5.
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| Nov 6 - Tues |
- The classes' answers for the
Cantor and Ramanujan worksheets due at the beginning of class.
- If you presented on Gauss or Gemain, your graded worksheets
and a list of students names and their grades are due at the beginning of
class.
- Presentations and worksheets on Paul Erdos and David Blackwell
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| Nov 5 - Mon |
- The classes' answers for the
Gauss and Germain worksheets due at the beginning of lab.
- If you presented on Fuller or Agnesi, your graded worksheets
and a list of students names and their grades are due at the beginning of
lab.
- In lab, we will work
on "Dodge Ball".
You will discover a winning strategy
for player 2, and will write this up before we start presentations.
Your lab grade will be based on the clarity, depth and correctness of
your winning strategy (1 per group of 2).
Then,
presentations and worksheets on George Cantor and Ramanujan.
- Statistics test revisions and
grades assignment (already attached to your test) due at 6pm
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| Nov 1 - Thur |
- Review the heart of math reading p. 83-87 (Clock Arithmetic)
and the worksheet on modular arithmetic
- The classes' answers for the Fuller and
Agnesi worksheets due by the beginning of class.
- Presentations and worksheets on Sophie Germain and Gauss
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| October 30 - Tues |
- Presentations and worksheets on Thomas Fuller and Maria Agnesi
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| October 29 - Mon |
- Read Heart of Math p. 74-78 (The Story of Fermat's Last Thm thru
the end of section 2.3) and
540-541 (How to Get Rich Quick as a Stock Whiz)
and prepare a brief summary to turn in. Book is on reserve
in the library or in my office.
- In lab we will begin the
geometry of the earth and universe segment,
take WebCT quiz 5 total on Andrew Wiles and Carolyn
Gordon and their mathematics
(your grade is the highest of the (up to) 5 times
that you take this quiz before Nov 19), and work on a
MathSciNet search
(only works from school) for modern mathematicians,
and other searches for
papers by your mathematician.
If time remains, you may work on the mathematician project or the
geometry report due at the begining of class on Tuesday.
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| October 26 - Fri |
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| October 25 - Thursday |
- Re-read the What is a Mathematician? handouts, including the assignment
and the references that I gave you on your mathematician.
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| October 22 - Monday |
- Read the What is a Mathematician? handouts, including the assignment
and the references that I gave you on your mathematician.
Work on draft 1 of the Statistics Detective Persuasive Report.
- In lab, we will go over
Microsoft PowerPoint features for your presentations,
and learn about
Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem.
If time remains, you can work on the What is a Mathematician? segment.
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| October 16 - Tuesday |
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| October 15 - Monday |
- Study for Statistics test by reviewing WebCT quiz 4 (be sure that you
really understand each and every problem and solution, ie that you
really understand WHY each answer is correct or incorrect) and
the review sheet material.
- Bring your calendar to lab, especially if you must miss any class
between October 30th and November 8th.
- Consider that the last day to drop the course is Wednesday, October
17th. Tell me if you are considering dropping BEFORE you are assigned
a topic for the next segment in lab.
- In lab we will go over an interactive linear regression applet,
work on the 2nd major writing assignment,
being a statistics detective.
Begin the What is a Mathematician segment, by
assigning topics and presentation dates.
- WebCT quiz 4 retakes are DUE just before midnight
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| October 12 - Friday |
- If you didn't turn in your work in lab on Monday already, then turn in
the linear regression lab, and the egg bungee jump lab.
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| October 11 - Thursday |
- Heart of Math p. 601-610 (Navigating Through a Sea of Data:
How Interpreting Data Reveals Surprising and Unintended Results),
and summarize the ideas in the
sections on AIDS
testing, the hidden test, and the big picture
- How do you know p. 209 number 12
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| October 8 - Monday |
- How do you know p. 186 #14
- WebCT quiz 4 (the paper version I gave you) questions 7-11
and review questions 1-11 for WebCT quiz
- Skim How do you know p. 190-201 for the major ideas
- In lab we will work on
Lab directions,
Linear regression lab,
Egg bungee jump lab
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| October 5 - Friday |
- If you haven't already turned this in, turn in the worksheets on
modular arithmetic, and the Mean, Median and Mode lab by 5pm.
Also, make sure you have completed stock update #2, but don't turn this
in. (Do keep saving that e-mail with the data, and keep bringing the stock
packet to lab).
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| October 4 - Thursday |
- Heart of Math read p. 593-595 (Measures of Central Tendency thru end
of the section)
- How do you know p. 185 #6 (try examples of small data sets of 3 or 4 points
to try and see which measure of center would be best in each case)
- Do 2 histograms (1 for each gender)
for the timed MRT class data each having 3 classes of width 1 each [
0 less than or equal to score < 1, 1 less than or equal to score < 2,
and 2 less than or equal to score < 3]
- WebCT quiz 4 (the paper
version I'm giving you)
questions 1-6.
- WebCT quiz 3 total due just before midnight
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| October 2 - Tues |
- Finance Test revisions (see answers - 2nd last sheet on your test)
due by 5pm
- Grades #1 assignment (see
directions - last sheet of your test) due by 5pm
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| October 1 - Monday |
- Reading on p. 83-87 from the Heart of Mathematics DUE
(Crazy Clocks and Checking Out Bars up thru the page with the
Clairvoyant Kleenex Consultant)
AND bring to lab.
- In lab, we will work on modular arithmetic
,
Mean, Median and Mode lab,
and stock market update #2.
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| September 28 - Friday |
- Ben Franklin
final version due by 5pm - see
final guidelines and checklist
- If you didn't already turn it in, turn in "stock market update #1"
stapled packet,
and make sure that you have also completed
the last page of the stock market part 1 handout (which is attached to
the update page) -
2 Web Graphs that show that different representations of similar data can be
used to illustrate conflicting viewpoints
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| September 27 - Thursday |
- Read The Heart of Mathematics
pages ix-xii AND 583-589. Also, summarize the section
"Totally-Secret - A Survey Method Guaranteeing Total Anonymity (585-587)
so that you could use your summary to do problems with it.
- If you didn't already read this in lab, then read the
stock reading and
quantitative literacy,
which can be accessed from the main web page.
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| September 25 - Tues |
- Real life rates DUE at the beginning of class
- Either go to a bank or search on the web to find real interest rates on...
savings, checking & money market accounts, cds
(certificate of deposit), credit card rates, & student, house and car loan
rates. Write up or print out your findings.
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| September 24 - Mon |
- Pineapple and pinecones
- Bring a whole UNCUT pineapple (1 per group of 2 is fine)
to lab. Also, if you can find pinecones,
bring those too.
- If you have a stopwatch or regular watch, bring that to lab too.
- In lab, we will work on
Lab Directions - Collecting
Data,
Class Data Collection Sheet,
reading - intro to the market,
stock market update #1,
quantitative literacy,
and the pineapple part of the lab.
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| September 21 - Fri |
-
Homer's Taxes and Stock Part 1 (along with graph and Stock HW)
due if you haven't already turned it in.
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| September 20 - Thur |
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| September 19 - Wed |
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| September 17 - Mon |
- Stock intro homework due at the beginning of lab
- Be sure that you are comfortable using your campus pipeline account.
- In lab we will work on and finish
Homer's Taxes,
Stock Part 1, and if time remains,
reading - intro to the market.
If you didn't finish these in lab, then you can turn them in by Friday.
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| September 14 - Fri |
- Ben Franklin Part 2 Major Writing Assignment
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| September 10 - Mon |
- WebCT quiz 2 first try in lab
- Be able to match lump sum, periodic payment, or loan payment formula to a
problem. Also, using common sense and units, be able to match answers to a
problem (without doing the calculation). You will also have some other
questions on things we did in class/lab and a question on the new poster to
the left of
my 326 office door
- In lab we will work on Dr. Sarah's Condo Part 2 which we will finish in class on Tuesday the 11th.
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| September 4 - Tues |
- Wile Revisions due
- Be sure to turn in your original draft along with the graded
checklist that I returned to you
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