Math 151: Calculus I
Fall 2009
Section 4 - Th1 - SEC211, Section 5 - Th2 - SEC 220, Section 6 - Th3 - SEC 211
TA: Sara Blight
E-mail:
blight@math.rutgers.edu
Office: Hill Center 521
Office
hours: Mon. 11-12, Wed. 10-11, and by arrangement.
Announcements:
- Turn in a write-up of problem 1 from Workshop 1 at the beginning of recitation on Thursday, September 10. Review the guidelines below about what is meant by a write-up. Email me if you have any questions.
- This site is intended to be an overview of the workshop session. Be sure to check out sakai.rutgers.edu for more details.
Where to get help:
Tutoring Options
Workshop Format:
There will be a short review of course material, followed by homework questions. The students will then be given a few problems to work on in groups of 3 or 4. The workshop session will allow students to reason through multi-step problems together. At the end of the session, students will be asked to write up a solution to one of the problems and turn it in at the next workshop.
Write-ups:
A writeup is a small essay. It should progress logically and be easy to read. It will be graded both on mathematical content and on presentation.
- Explanations should be given in complete sentences
- Include any information (such as pictures and computations) that you think is useful.
- Label any pictures.
- You should not include straightforward computational details. For example, you may just state that if f(x) = 3x7 + 25x4 - 19x2 + 5, then f(-2) = -87. The details of substitution and evaluation should not be shown.
- Neatness counts: your workshop report must be written legibly on standard size paper. Observe margins on all four sides. Please write on one side only. You must put your name, your section number, the workshop number, and the page number on each sheet. You must staple the pages together in the proper order.
Grading
- Each workshop report will be graded on a scale of 0-10. Half the points are for "mathematical content" and half for "exposition"
- Details about write-ups can be found on Dr. Greenfield's homepage:
About writeups and workshops .
Important Dates
- Sept. 1: First Day of Classes
- Sep. 7: Labor Day, No Classes
- Tuesday, Sep. 8: Monday Classes
- Nov. 25-Nov. 29: Thanksgiving Recess
- Dec. 11: Last Day of Classes
- Dec. 14-15: Reading Days
- Dec. 16: Final Exam, 4-7 pm