If I miss a recitation section, can I make up the quiz?
If you want to be able to make up a quiz for a missed recitation section, you must notify me by e-mail in advance that you're going to be absent. If you do this, I will note it down and allow you to make up that section's quiz at the end of the semester; there will be a couple of days near the end when students will be able to schedule makeup quizzes, to be taken in my office.
What if the lecturer does not cover all the sections the syllabus says are supposed to be covered?
I will keep in touch with the lecturer and keep track of what sections are actually covered in lecture. You will not have to hand in homework on sections not covered, nor will I discuss them in recitation; quizzes, likewise, will be based only on material actually covered in lectures the previous week.I will take class attendance, and will give a short quiz (2-3 problems, 10-15 minutes) at the end of most recitations. Quiz performance over the course of the semester will count for 10% of your course grade. Solutions to quizzes will be posted on this page.
Most recitation sections will be mostly devoted to the discussion of homework problems assigned by the lecturer the previous week. I will not grade homework assignments in general, but if you have a few solutions written out that you'd like me to check, come to my office during office hours or make an appointment, and I'll be happy to do it.
The syllabus and homework assignments are available here. The homework problems we'll work in a recitation section are those from sections covered in the previous week's lectures, e.g. on Monday Sep. 9 we'll cover material from lectures 1 and 2. The quiz will be on subjects discussed in the previous week's recitation section.
Here are some good study tips, courtesy of Eva Curry.