Reading Assignments

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Reading assignments are worth 10% of the grade in this course. They are due at 8 AM each class day, and should be completed on Learning Suite under the "Exams" tab. Generally, they will ask the following questions:

1. Did you carefully read the entire reading assignment for today's class?
2. What did you find most difficult about the reading assignment for today's class?
3. Write something reflective about the reading. This could be the answer to "What was the most interesting part of the reading?" or "How does this connect to something else you have learned?" or "How is this relevant or useful to your intellectual or career interests?" or something else.

Assignments:

1. For Friday January 10:  Answer the following introduction questions.
   
   • What year in school are you, and what is your major? Which post-calculus math courses have you taken?
   • Tell me about a math professor/teacher you have had who was most and/or least effective and what they did that worked well/poorly.
   • What do you hope to get out of this course?
2. For Friday January 10:  Read Sections 1.1-1.2.
3. For Monday January 13: Read Section 1.3.
4. For Wednesday January 15: Read Section 1.4.
5. For Friday January 17: Read Section 1.5.
6. For Wednesday January 22: Read Section 1.7.
7. For Friday January 24: Read Sections 1.8-1.9.
8. For Monday January 27: Read Section 1.10.
9. For Wednesday January 29: Read Section 2.1.
10. For Friday January 31: Read Section 3.1.
11. For Monday February 3: Read Section 3.2.
12. For Wednesday February 5: Read Section 3.3.
13. For Friday February 7: Read Section 3.4.
14. For Monday February 10: Read Section 4.1.
15. For Wednesday February 12: Read Section 4.2.
16. For Friday February 14: Read Section 4.3.
17. For Tuesday February 18: Read Sections 4.4 and 4.5.
18. For Wednesday February 19: As you study for the exam, respond to the following questions.
• Which topics and theorems do you think are important out of those we have studied?
• What kinds of questions do you expect to see on the exam?
• What do you need to work on understanding better before the exam? Come up with a mathematical question you would like to see answered or a problem you would like to see worked out.
19. For Friday February 21: Read Section 5.1.
20. For Monday February 24: Read Section 5.2.
21. For Wednesday February 26: Read Section 5.3.
22. For Friday February 28: Read Section 5.4.
23. For Monday March 3: Read Section 5.5.
24. For Wednesday March 5: Read Section 5.6.
25. For Friday March 7: What has contributed most to your learning in this class thus far? How long have you spent on the homework assignments? Did lecture and the reading prepare you for them? What do you think would help you learn more effectively or make the class better for you? (This can be feedback for me, or goals for yourself.)
26. For Monday March 10: Read Section 5.7.
27. For Wednesday March 12: Read Section 6.1.
28. For Friday March 14: Read Section 6.2.
29. For Monday March 17: Read Section 6.3.
30. For Wednesday March 19: Read Section 6.5 through subsection 6.5.1.
31. For Monday March 24: Read the rest of Section 6.5.
32. For Wednesday March 26: As you study for the exam, respond to the following questions.
• Which topics and theorems do you think are important out of those we have studied?
• What kinds of questions do you expect to see on the exam?
• What do you need to work on understanding better before the exam? Come up with a mathematical question you would like to see answered or a problem you would like to see worked out.
33. For Friday March 28: Read Section 7.1.
34. For Monday March 31: Read Section 7.2.
35. For Wednesday April 2: Read Section 7.3.
36. For Friday April 4: Read Section 8.2.
37. For Monday April 7: Read Section 8.5.
38. For Wednesday April 9: Read Section 8.6.
39. For Friday April 11: Read Section 8.7.
40. For Monday April 14: Read Section 8.8.
41. For Wednesday April 16: Read Section 8.9. Complete your student ratings for this course. What have you learned in this course? How will these things be useful to you in the future?