Course
Information: MATH
153A, Spring 2006
(*InfoSheet)
Instructor:
Heather Lehr
Office:
MW 456
Email:
heather@math.ohio-state.edu
Phone: 292-6597
Instructor
Office Hours:
Tuesday 11:30-12:30, Wednesday 10:30-12
Teaching
Assistants: (xueying@math.ohio-state.edu)
Xueying Wang
MW449
Xueying's Office
Hours: TR 8:30-9:30 am, or by appointment
Justin Lynd (jlynd@math.ohio-state.edu)
MW316
Justin's
Office Hours: MW 11:30-12:18, F 4:30-5:18
Lecture:
MWF 9:30-10:18, MQ 0264
Text:
Calculus (4th Edition); by
Hughes-Hallet,
Gleason, McCallum, et al.
Class
Website:
www.math.ohio-state.edu/~heather/153AMath.html
Homework: Homework will
be assigned by each Friday and
collected the following Thursday. The lowest homework score will
be
dropped.
Exams:
(*tentative!)
Wednesday April 26,
during class, in our usual classroom
Tuesday May 23, 7:30
pm, EA 160
Final
Exam: Tuesday, June 6, at 5:30 pm, LZ
0021
Grading
Scheme:
Recitation
25% (composed of
homework/groupwork)
Midterm1 25%
Midterm2 25%
Final
25% (unless the final is
greater than your lowest exam score -
then the lowest exam score is replaced by the final)
The grading
scheme reflects 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.