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{\bf Subject:}	Information about {\bf Math 105}
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{\bf From:}  Prof. Julia Knight
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{\bf Prepared by:}  A. Alexandrou Himonas
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{\bf For:}  The Undergraduate Committee
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{\bf Date:}  November 26, 1996
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{\bf 1. Syllabus:}  Attached.
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{\bf 2.  Comments about course content:}  
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The content is not bad, but there is a \underbar{lot} of material.
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{\bf 3.  Name of Textbook and comments about its quality:}
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Calculus $\&$ Its Applications, 7th Ed.
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Goldstein, Lay, and Schneider
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There is good intuition, motivation for general notions.
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{\bf 4.  Are computers used in the teaching, homework, and in which way? 
Should computers be incorporated in this course?}
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No computers.  Students have graphing calculators, although these are not
required, and not allowed on exams.  I don't think computers should be
incorporated.  It would be reasonable to require the calculators.
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{\bf 5.  What is the pace of teaching in this course? Fast? Slow? About
right?}
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About right for those who arrive knowing most of the material - too fast for
the others.
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{\bf 6.  How are the Teaching Assistants doing in this course?  Any
suggestion for a better use of the TA's?}
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There is an \underbar{undergraduate} who holds help sessions Tues./Thurs. 7 - 9
p.m..  He has about 20 regulars, drawn from the 7 sections.
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 {\bf 7.  How is the
testing and grading done in this course?  Any suggestions for improvements?}
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The usual testing procedure.
  (I polled my class and found, to my surprise, that
they \underbar{like} the multiple-choice format.)
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$\bullet$  Three midterm test for 100 pts. each. \quad (multiple choice)

$\bullet$  Final for 150 points.\quad  (multiple choice)

$\bullet$ 10 points from HW or anything else the teacher decides.

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  {\bf 8.  What are the failing rates in this course?}
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I'm not sure.  I had 12 deficiences out of 69 at midsemester, 9 D's $\&$ 3 F's.
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{\bf 9.  Specific suggestions you may have for the next teacher of this
course:}
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I am not sure what to cut.  I have actually added two sections (continuity, and
areas $\&$ Riemann sums)  which were omitted in the past, but which seemed
intellectually necessary, to me.

 
 
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