Professor Kate Poirier | D071 | Fall 2023

Author: Kate Poirier (Page 2 of 13)

Final exam review assignments

Part 1 and 2 due Monday, December 11

Part 3 due Thursday, December 14

Part 1

Due Monday, December 11

For Part 1 of the final exam review assignment, you will make up your own practice final exam using the above review questions as examples. Your final exam should contain 5 questions (possibly including multiple parts). We covered more than 5 topics this semester, so you will have to make a choice about which 5 you think are most likely to be represented on the actual final exam; your classmates may make different choices from you.

You may type your practice exam using LaTeX or you may include a photo of your hand-written work (or a link to a photo if the OpenLab isn’t allowing you to post the photo itself).

Title: Practice exam

Category: Practice exam

Part 2

Due Monday, December 11

Write full solutions for your exam and submit them as a comment on your original post. If you choose WeBWorK problems or textbook problems, verify that your answers agree with the WeBWorK or the back of the textbook, respectively.

Part 3

Due Thursday, December 14 (hard deadline)

Choose one of your classmates’ practice exams (do not look at their solutions) and give it to yourself in an exam environment: choose a time when you will not be interrupted, set a timer for 75 minutes, and do not use any aids other than your calculator. Write full solutions.

Post your solutions as a comment on your classmate’s post and check them against the solutions they posted in the comments. Resolve any discrepancies between your solutions and their solutions by submitting a separate comment on their post with the details.


Ideally, you will give yourself more than just one practice exam. If there are any problems you’re not confident in answering on a practice exam, that’s a sign that you need to review and practice that material more. You should practice more textbook problems or corresponding WeBWorK problems until you feel confident. Usually, more practice is required than you think!

Week 14 checklist

Tuesday, November 28 to Monday, December 4

Test #4

  • In class Thursday, November 30
  • Covers sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Lessons:

  • Finish Chapter 7
  • 8.1 Introduction to the Laplace Transform

WeBWorK

  • All sets due Thursday, December 14

OpenLab

  • Catch up on old OpenLab assignments that you missed!
  • Respond to student comment on this post
    • Suggestion: describe how you learned to prepare for a college math exam (be positive and encouraging!)

Coming up…

Week 15

  • Chapter 8: Laplace transform

Week 16

  • Monday, December 11: last day to withdraw officially from the class
  • Tuesday, December 12: reading day (no classes scheduled)
  • Wednesday, December 13: student evaluations of teaching due (check your email for your link)
  • Thursday, December 14:
    • regular class scheduled (tying up loose ends and review)
    • all WeBWorK due (hard deadline)
    • all OpenLab participation assignments due (hard deadline)

Week 17

  • Final exam in class Tuesday, December 18

Week 13 checklist

Tuesday, November 21 to Monday, November 27

Thursday, November 23: no classes scheduled… enjoy the holiday!

Lesson (Tuesday, November 21)

  • 7.3 Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point II

WeBWorK

  • Series Solutions-Ordinary Point
  • Choose ONE of the applications of second order equations sets (new deadline November 27)

OpenLab

  • Test #3 Solutions
    • Similar instructions as for Test #1 Solutions (solve one test problem completely and share your work)
    • Post title: Test #3 Solutions Version [whatever version of the test you took] Question [question number]; category: Test #3 Solutions
  • Test #4 Review:
    • Similar instructions as for Test #1 Review (1. share your solution of one review problem and 2. share your formula sheet)
    • Instead of choosing a WeBWorK problem to solve for the review, choose a textbook homework problem from 7.1, 7.2, or 7.3:
      • p.317: 1, 11, 13, 15-17
      • p.329: 1, 3, 8, 11-13, 19-25 odd
      • p.338: 1-5 odd, 19-23 odd, 33-37 odd, 41-45 odd
    • Review post title: Test #4 Review, category: Test #4 Review
    • Formula sheet post title: Test #4 Formulas, category: Test #4 Formulas

Project #2

  • Group post new deadline: Monday, November 27 (instructions)

Test #4

  • Sections 7.1 to 7.3
  • In class Thursday, November 30
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