announcements:
changed Here is a listing of my office hours and review sessions
for
the rest of
the semester. Office hours will be held in my office 822 van vleck.
Here's when the times that you can just drop by and I'll be in my office
4/28 monday cancelled
4/30 wed 1.30-2.20
5/1 thurs 9-9.50
5/6 tues 9-9.50
5/7 wed 1.30-2.20
5/9 fri 10-10.50, 1.30-2.20
5/12 monday 10-2pm (i might have a make up class this day, so my office
hours
might be interrupted for an hour - i will let you know once i know what is
going
on with this class, but i will hold office hours for 4 hours during
monday)
i would also like to schedule a review session for the final and think it
would
be better if i had it before the weekend since cramming 2 days before the
final
won't really help you any. i can do this as a 3 hour review session or 2
1.5
hour review sessions. time availability i have are as follows:
5/6 tues 5-8
5/7 wed 4-8
5/8 thurs 5-8
The final will be Tuesday 5/13 at 7.45am in a room to be announced.
someone named mike in prof. thiffeault's course has started a blog with
the answers to the even problems. check it out!
exams:
Exam I Monday February 25, 2008 at 8:50-9:40 A.M.
Exam II Wednesday March 26, 2008 at 8:50-9:40 A.M.
Exam III Monday April 21, 2008 at 8:50-9:40 A.M.
Final Exam Tuesday May 13, 2008 at 7:45-9:45 A.M.
here is a link to old
math 221 exams (exam 1, 2, 3 and final from various semesters).
contact:
email: nelson[at]math[dot]wisc[dot]edu
office: 822 Van Vleck
phone: 608.262.0537 (call to see if i am around)
course policy [taken from professor thiffeault's course
site]:
There will be three midterm exams.
Each of the midterm exams is worth 15 percent,
for a total of 45 percent of the final grade.
The final exam will count for 30 percent.
The remaining 25 percent will be allocated by your TA
who will base it on homework, quizzes, participation,
attendence, and effort. (This portion will be adjusted
to account for variations among the TAs.)
quizzes and homework: Each week Professor Thiffeault will assign
homework from the textbook and post it on his course website.
Each
following Thursday (starting in the second
week of class), I will give a 20 min quiz during the discussion
section, consisting of a few questions from the previous homework. The
quizzes will not be curved and they will count for 20% of your
discussion
grade from me.
Notes, textbooks, or calculators will not be allowed in the quizzes. Your
lowest quiz score will be discarded, and there will be no make-up quizzes.
I will not be grading homework, however if you have
questions on it I will be glad to answer them during discussion section or
during my office hours. However I will be collecting homework to check
for completeness weekly as working on it is a crucial part of
learning calculus. You will receive 0 or 1 point for the assignment, and
you may drop 2 homeworks with no penalty. Late homework will not be
accepted - it will be due on Thursday before the quiz. The remaining 5%
of your discussion grade will be determined by your homework effort.
stuff done in class:
useful stuff:
resources:
Math Help
Resource
Page. This is a list of several resources available to you for
finding
additional help in your math classes. In particular, it will point you to
the Greater University Tutoring Service
(GUTS) (a free one-on-one, small group, and drop-in
tutoring
service),
and MathLab (also
a free drop-in
assistance, Monday through Thursday, 3:30 - 8:30 PM, in B227 Van Vleck).
In
addition to these services,
there is a list of private tutors available on the second floor of Van
Vleck from Sharon the receptionist and here. An
email sent to tutor@math.wisc.edu
is automatically forwarded to everyone on the list.