Course
Information: MATH 151A, Autumn 2005
(*Syllabus) (*Infosheet) (*CourseDetails)
Instructor:
Heather Lehr
Office: MW 456
Email:
heather@math.ohio-state.edu
Phone: 292-6597
Instructor Office Hours:
MW
2:30-3:30, TR 9-10
Teaching Assistants:
Isabel Averill
MW200,
averill@math.ohio-state.edu
Janhavi Joshi
MW350, joshi@math.ohio-state.edu
Lecture: MWF 3:30-4:18, EA 170
Recitations:
12636 - TR 3:30, CC354
12637 - TR 3:30, CC311
12638 - TR 4:30, CC311
12639 - TR 4:30, CC254
Text: Calculus (4th Edition); by
Hughes-Hallet,
Gleason, McCallum, et al.
Class Website:
www.math.ohio-state.edu/~heather/151AMath.html
Homework: Homework will
be assigned each Friday and
collected the following Thursday. The lowest homework score will
be
dropped.
Exams: (*tentative!)
Wednesday October 12, at 7:30
pm, in EL1008
Wednesday November 2, at
7:30 pm, in EL1008
Gateway Exam: Wednesday
November 9, at 7:30 pm, in EA 160
A comprehensive final
exam
will
be held on Monday, Dec 5, at 3:30 in our usual classroom
Grading Scheme:
Recitation
~20%
Midterm1 ~20%
Midterm2 ~20%
Final ~40%
(here ~
denotes approximately; see *Infosheet
for more info)
The grading scheme reflects a
bit of my teaching
philosophy. True learning and mastery of material is an
internal process, not something anyone can give to you or do for
you. Homework and time spent reading (and rereading) and
digesting the material is essential to knowledge of the
material. So, the recitation score (which includes the
homework and groupwork) has the same weight as any exam.
Working in groups on homework
sets can certainly be beneficial, however
do your final homework writeups in your own words, preferably
alone. If you attempt this and find you cannot in the end
do the sets on your own, take this not as a sign of defeat, but a mere
indication that there is still something that you need to learn in
order to really understand the material. Whether you seek help
from me, fellow classmates, or from rereading the text is up to you,
just don't give up! Often the only difference between the
students who score well and those who don't is a refusal to give up.