Course Calendar
Math in Modern Society, Math 123 - Sections 5 and 6
Kriloff, Spring, 2005

• IMPORTANT: Notice that Exam 2 has been moved to Friday, March 11.
• This schedule is somewhat tentative and will be updated during the semester.  Check back often. 
• Read the section and do the homework marked C before the class for which the section is scheduled.  Come prepared to compare your solutions to the C homework with a group in class and to turn in your solutions if asked to do so.  Bring a list of any questions that arise.  See the suggestions for effective reading at the bottom of this page.
  
• Homework marked T is to be turned in when the chapter homework is marked due.  Up to 10% of your grade on each assignment will be based on applying the writing guideline for that assignment and bonus points may be given for exceptional writing and presentation.
• You are encouraged to work additional problems in each section on your own.  In particular, you should do enough of the "Walking" problems in each section to be confident you can do related problems correctly on an exam. 
  
• Additional practice is available under the Warm-up and Quiz sections of the textbook web page.

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
1/10 1.1  T: 6	1/12 1.2  C: 10  T: 12 1.3  C: 18  T: 20	1/14  1.4  C: 28  T: 34 1.5  C: 36  T: 40
1/17  No Class Attend an event honoring MLK Day	1/19 1.5 1.6  C: 42  T: 44	1/21  Ch. 1 HW due: #6, 12, 20, 34, 40, 44, 52, 60 2.1  C: 2, 6  T: 8 2.2
1/24  Add/Drop Date 2.2  C: 12, 14  T: 18, 20 2.3	1/26 2.4  C: 24, 26  T: 30	1/28 2.4 2.5
1/31  Ch. 2 HW due: #8, 18, 20, 30, 38, 42, 50 13.1-13.3  C: 6, 14  T: 10	2/2 13.4  C: 8, 22  T: 4, 24	2/4 13.5  C: 29-32  T: 33-36
2/7  Ch. 13 HW due: #4, 10, 24, 33-36 14.1  C: 7, 8  T: 10 14.2	2/9 14.2  C: 6  T: 14, 16 14.3	2/11  Exam 1 Chapters 1, 2, 13
2/14 14.3  C: 26, 28  T: 38a,b, 44	2/16 14.4  C: 48, 55  T: 56	2/18  Ch. 14 HW due: #10, 14, 16, 38a,b, 44, 56, 68, 70 15.1  C: 4  T: 8 15.2  C: 12  T: 18
2/21  No Class	2/23 15.3  C: 22, 26  T: 24	2/25 15.4 15.5  C: 36, 44  T: 40, 42
2/28 15.6  C: 54  T: 50, 60 16.1	3/2  Ch. 15 HW due: #8, 18, 24, 40, 42, 50, 60, 72 16.2  C: 4, 6  T: 8 16.4  C: 28  T: 30, 32	3/4 16.3  C: 14a,b, 16a,b  T: 18a,b, 24 16.5  C: 44  T: 36, 42
3/7  Ch. 16 HW due: #8, 18a,b, 24, 30, 32, 36, 42 16.6  C: 16.7  C:	3/9 Review	3/11  Exam 2 Chapters 14, 15, 16 Calculator and 3x5 card allowed
3/14  No Class	3/16  No Class	3/18  No Class Withdrawal Deadline
3/21 9.1  C: 2b,c, 6  T: 12	3/23 9.2  C: 18a,c, 26a  T: 26b,c, 28 9.3  C: 36  T: 40	3/25  Alternative project          proposals due if needed 9.3  C: 38  T: 44 9.4  C: 46  T: 50
3/28 Ch. 9 HW due: #12, 26b,c, 28, 40, 44, 50, 58 10.1 10.2  C: 2, 5  T: 4, 6	3/30  10.2  C: 12, 18a-c  T: 10, 16	4/1   Project outline and          references due 10.3  C: 19  T: 20
4/4 10.3  C: 26, 29  T: 24, 30	4/6  Ch. 10 HW due: #4, 6, 10, 16, 20, 24, 30 11.1 11.2	4/8  11.3  C: 2, 4  T: 8 11.4  C: 12a-d, 14a,b, 16  T: 12e,f, 18
4/11 11.5  C: 20  T: 22 11.6  C: 26  T: 24, 28	4/13 11.7  C: 30, 34  T: 38, 42	4/15  Middle draft of project due  Platonic solids and Zome
4/18  Ch. 11 HW due: #8, 12e,f, 18, 22, 24, 28, 38, 42 5.1 5.2  C: 2a, 6  T: 2b,c, 4	4/20 Review	4/22  Exam 3 Chapters 9, 10, 11 Calculator and 3x5 card allowed
4/25  5.3  C: 8, 10, 12a,c,e  T: 12b,d,f, 14 5.4  C: 16b, 18  T: 16a, 20	4/27 5.5  C: 24  T: 26 5.6  C: 30  T: 32	4/29  Final draft of project due Full Withdrawal Deadline 5.6  C: 38  T: 40 5.7  C: 42a  T: 42b
5/2  Ch. 5 HW due: #4, 2b,c, 4, 12b,d,f, 14, 16a, 20, 26, 32, 40, 42b 6.1 6.2  C: 2, 8, 12	5/4 6.3  C: 16, 20	5/6 Review
5/9  Section 5 Final 12:30-2:30pm Chapters 1, 2, 5, 9-11, 13-16	5/11  Section 6 Final 12:30-2:30pm Chapters 1, 2, 5, 9-11, 13-16

Suggestions for effective reading

• Read productively.  Have a pen or pencil and paper ready to use.  As you read, write down all questions you have, observations you make, and examples or computations you work out.  This should help you understand and retain the material better.  It may also help to make outlines, summaries, concept diagrams, or lists of main results in your own words.  Read when you are alert.
• Read before the class in which we discuss the topic.  Do not expect to understand everything you read the first time, but spend time with the material ahead of class in order to
  • familiarize yourself with the basic ideas so you can participate and understand more in class,
  • identify what you do not understand and formulate questions to ask in class or office hours.

• Re-read.  Almost everyone (including me) finds it necessary to read mathematics several times to fully understand it.  You will understand the material more deeply when you re-read it.
• Focus on definitions, conclusions, and methods. Mathematics is a language and it is absolutely necessary to understand the precise definitions of key terms.  The results and how they were obtained are also crucial.
• Reflect on what you read.  Consider connections of what you have read to previous material and to other courses.  Anticipate possible future material.
• Discuss what you read.  Talking to someone else about the material will strengthen your knowledge.

Writing Guidelines

• Writing clearly helps promote thinking clearly, so we will focus some of our attention on learning to write more clearly. 
• Write solutions in a form that you could understand if you looked back at the assignment a year after completing the course (try this with previous work!) or in a form that is understandable to someone who is not in the course with you.
• For each assignment follow the guidelines listed for all previous assignments.
  

Homework Chapter	Guideline
1	Rewrite initial solutions or scratchwork as a final draft before submitting homework.
13	Use complete sentences with correct spelling and grammar.
14	Use appropriate tools (e.g., graph paper, ruler, compass, circle template, etc.) to make accurate bar graphs and pie charts.
15	Use mathematical notation correctly, especially the equal sign.  If you write a=b=c where a, b, and c stand for any expressions, you are asserting that ALL of them are equal.  Only write A=B when A and B are equal mathematical objects, NOT as an abbreviation for some other relationship between letters that stand for people or non-mathematical  objects.
9	To prevent round-off error, avoid rounding more than absolutely necessary until the end of a calculation.
10	Give complete answers, including meaning and units.
11	Draw careful clear pictures and provide written explanation of what you did to draw the picture.