Category: Assignment Instructions (Page 1 of 3)

Comment due Sunday, November 3

Background

“I’m bad at math.” This is something I’ve heard from a handful of students (in different classes) over the last few years. It’s devastating to me to hear anyone say this about themselves… let alone my own students, but it’s very common to feel this way, especially around exam time.

Comment due Sunday, October 27

Test #2 will be given in class Monday, October 28. The format will be similar to the format of Test #1.

Recall from Test #1 one question asked you a series of conceptual true/false questions where you had to justify your answer. Another question asked you for a series of examples of mathematical objects (mostly functions) satisfying certain conditions.

To prepare for Test #2, for part 1 of this week’s OpenLab assignment, you will comment on this post with two questions that you come up with yourself, as well as their answers.

1. Your first question should be conceptual and phrased as a statement which is either always true or always false. Your answer should indicate whether the statement is true or false together with a sentence explaining the answer.
2. Your second question should be asking for an example of a mathematical object satisfying certain conditions. Your answer should provide this example together with together with a sentence explaining the example and why it satisfies the conditions.

You can use the Test #1 questions for inspiration (the different versions of the tests had similar questions, so check out your classmates’ solutions—when they appear—for the other versions).

Try to focus on the material covered in class since Test #1. You can see the list of topics on the schedule.

Comment due Sunday, October 20

MAT 1375 students’ instructions

MAT 1375 students, the instructions here are not for you! Do not comment on this post! See the post with your instructions over on the MAT 2580 site.

MAT 2580 students’ instructions

MAT 2580 students, welcome to the MAT 1375 site! Some of you probably took MAT 1375 at CityTech but for those of you who didn’t: MAT 1375 is CityTech’s Precalculus course. The students in this class are learning about graphs of different types of functions.

So the MAT 1375 students are like past versions of you! They’re a few semesters behind where you are in their math journeys. What advice do you have for them to help them succeed?

• Maybe you’d like to tell them what skills or material you think is most important from MAT 1375 or any of the other math classes you took before MAT 2580?
• Maybe you’d like to tell them what you wish they’d learned better from MAT 1375 any of the other math classes you took before MAT 2580?
• Maybe you’d just like to tell them how you have succeeded in your math classes or how to prepare for a test?
• Maybe you’d like to tell them something more personal like what your major is, what you like about differential equations, what you liked about Precalculus, or what other math classes you have to take?

Your instructions for this assignment are simple: in the comments below, give the MAT 1375 students some unsolicited advice.

Since you have not commented in this group before, your comments will not appear right away. They have to be approved by the administrator first, but the administrator is me and I’ll approve any advice (as long as it is not too inappropriate). Anyone who offers any advice will earn participation credit.