Math 124 –
Calculus I With Applications
Section 1,
Spring 2009
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(This
is tentative, and arranged weekly,
not daily.)
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– hand-written
Computer-based
assignments are listed in WebAssign.
Make sure you keep up
with both sets of homework.
Due dates
will be listed under
Announcements below and
announced
in class.
Students should work
through all hand-written homework
problems
, regardless of
whether they are collected for points.
Class Listserv
address:
math124001@listserv.arizona.edu
Handouts, etc.:
Other Useful Links
Tutoring:
Information about various math tutoring services can be found at http://math.arizona.edu/~tutoring/
If you struggle with math tests, the following
article has some excellent
strategies for taking math tests and studying math in
general:
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/anxiety/index.asp
If
you also struggle with tests in other classes, so that your grades never
seem to reflect what you have learned, Academic Counselors are available on
campus who are trained to help students with issues like
this. See
http://www.ulc.arizona.edu/academic_counseling.htm
for more information.
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Are you ready for
Calculus?
Click
here
to download some software that
can help you find out.
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look here for Final
Exam study guides and locations,
“Tools for Success in
124”, etc.
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this page has both
Pre-Calc review information,
as well as helps for
reviewing the Calculus topics
you are learning this
semester
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- Grades will
occasionally be posted here.
If something’s not
posted and you want
to see it, please
email me.
To get started with WebAssign:
Go to
https://www.webassign.net/login.html
and click on “I have
a class key”
Enter your key:
3756 6503
then verify
your class information
If you are new to WebAssign, you will now
need to create an account.
If you have used WebAssign previously, you may use the account you already set up.
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Preliminary test:
About the Preliminary test
(information
from the course coordinator.)
Review materials are available at
http://prep.math.lsa.umich.edu/pmc/
(See sections 1 – 7 of this online review)
The test should take
~30 minutes.
It covers common Algebra mistakes. No Trig, no
calculus.
No calculators allowed.
Many problems will be ‘all right’ or ‘all wrong’ or
have very little
partial credit.
Possible question formats:
show all work,
multiple choice,
determine if statement
is Correct or Incorrect,
rewrite an incorrect
statement so it is correct.
Simplifying
expressions,
solving equations,
common algebra
mistakes.
No functions, graphing, word problems or trig on this test.
- Math
jokes and other silliness
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