Colorado State University, Pueblo; Fall 2011
Math 126 — Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, Section 1
Homework Assignments & Course Schedule

Here is a link back to the course syllabus/policy page.

In the following all sections and page numbers refer to the required course textbook, Calculus (4th ed.), by Robert T. Smith and Roland B. Minton.

This schedule is subject to change, but should be accurate at any moment for at least a week into the future.

For each day, please read the section(s) named in the plan, before that day, while the homework is due that day.

Things to remember about homework:

• It is due each day in class or, at the latest, by 3:00pm in my office — or under my office door if I'm not there when you come by.
• Hand in the Writing Emphasis problem(s) (indicated below as "17_WE", for example) and the Peer Consultation problems (all the rest) separately.
• Every day a Big Idea sentence, or up to a paragraph, is also due. This should also be on its own page (or fraction thereof).
• Remember, exposition is important in your written work. Even in the PC problems, you should show your work, and take care to write only true statements — e.g., when you use an "=", the terms should actually be equal, etc. Please also make it easier to identify your final result by putting it in a box.

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Mostly bureaucracy and introductions. Read Chapter 0.
  • T: Read §1.1; HW0: Send me e-mail (at jonathan.poritz@gmail.com) telling me:
    1. Your name.
    2. Your e-mail address. (Please give me one that you actually check fairly frequently, since I may use it to contact you during the term.)
    3. Your year/program/major at CSUP.
    4. What you intend to do after CSUP, in so far as you have an idea.
    5. Past math classes you've had.
    6. Other math/science classes intend to take in future semesters.
    7. Other classes you're taking at the moment.
    8. The reason you are taking this course.
    9. Your favorite mathematical subject.
    10. Your favorite mathematical result/theorem/technique/example/problem.
    11. Anything else you think I should know (disabilities, employment or other things that take a lot of time, etc.).
    12. [Optional:] The best book you have read recently.
    I will only enter your name into my gradebook and give you your "late HW passes" when I get this e-mail, so you really need to do this assignment ASAP. Please take a moment to be complete (indeed, be as expansive as you can) — the more information I have about you, the better I can adapt the course to your needs and interests.
  • W: Read §1.2; hand in HW1 Chapter 0 Review: 4, 10, 20, §1.1: 2, 14_WE
  • Θ: Read §1.2; hand in HW2 §1.2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 20_WE
  • F: Quiz 1 today. Read §1.3; hand in HW3 §1.2: 10, 14, 22, 28_WE, 32
• NOTE: Friday is the last day to add classes

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Read §2.3; hand in HW14 §2.2: 4, 6, 8, 26, 28_WE
  • T: Read §§2.3&2.4; hand in HW15 §2.3: 4, 8, 12, 14, 28, 30_WE
  • W: Read §2.4; hand in HW16 §2.3: 18, 20, 32; §2.4: 4, 18_WE
  • Θ: Review — here is a review sheet; hand in HW17 §2.4: 10, 16, 20, 22, 24_WE
  • F: Test I Today.

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Read §2.5; no HW due today.
  • T: Test I post-mortem; hand in HW18 §2.5: 4, 6, 8, 12, 20_WE
  • W: Read §2.5; No homework today ... except to turn in revised Test I solutions, if you wish, for extra credit — if you choose to hand in corrected test problems, you must work and explain them (particularly clearly!) on separate paper, and hand in both the revised solutions along with the (unmodified) test sheet itself.
    Please also turn in, as today's Big Idea a description of what you intend to do in this course for the remainder of this term. If you are perfectly content with how Test I turned out, say that (and tell me a bit of your study habits and practices); if you wanted to do better, please make a specific plan about what you will change to do this — some ideas you might consider are
    1. do extra problems every day and ask that they be graded;
    2. for every HW set or quiz on which you do not receive a perfect score, talk to someone (at the MLC, a tutor, your professor) and then re-do the problem(s) — in your own words and handwriting — correctly, and hand that in;
    3. ask for and then do, under time pressure and in a test-like situation, a practice test before the next test(s), to help you develop the confidence that you can do well despite test anxiety;
    4. write much longer, more complete, and more detailed Big Ideas for the rest of the term, gradually building up a complete outline of the course (perhaps even going back to do this for sections we have already completed; perhaps including typical examples from class, the book, or the HW exercises), and consulting with someone (me, the MLC, ...) if there are any unclear points as do your write-ups.
    5. etc. ideas of your own...
  • Θ: Read §2.6; hand in HW19 §2.5: 16, 32, 34, 36, 38_WE
  • F: Quiz 4 today. Read §2.6; hand in HW20 §2.6: 10, 14, 18, 20, 24_WE

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Read §3.7; hand in HW36 §3.7: 2_WE, 8_WE, 19_WE
  • T: Read §3.7; hand in HW37 §3.7: 4_WE, 5_WE, 9_WE
  • W: Read §3.8; hand in HW38 §3.7: 6_WE, 7_WE, 24_WE
  • Θ: Review — here is a review sheet; hand in HW39 §3.8: 30, 32, 34, 40_WE
  • F: Test II today.
• NOTE: Friday is the last day to withdraw (with a W) from classes

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Test II post-mortem.
  • T: Read §4.1; No book homework today. You may turn in revised Test II solutions, if you wish, for possible extra credit — if you choose to hand in corrected test problems, you must work and explain them (particularly clearly!) on separate paper, and hand in both the revised solutions along with the (unmodified) test sheet itself.
    Please also turn in, as today's Big Idea, a description of what you intend to do in this course for the remaining five weeks of this term (of the type as after Test I).
  • W: Read §4.1; hand in HW40 §4.1: 4, 6, 10, 26, 50_WE
  • Θ: Read §4.2 [only up to p. 263]; hand in HW41 §4.1: 8, 24, 32, 38, 40_WE
  • F: Quiz 8 today. Read §4.3; hand in HW42 §4.2: 2, 6, 12, 16, 18_WE

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Read §4.6; hand in HW48 §4.5: 16, 18, 20, §4.6: 2, 4, 18_WE
  • T: Read §4.6; hand in HW49 §4.6: 6, 14, 24, 42_WE
  • W: Review — here is a review sheet; hand in HW50 §4.6: 20, 32, 36, 52_WE
  • Θ: Test III today.
  • F: Test III post-mortem.

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Read §5.1; No homework today ... except to turn in revised Test III solutions, if you wish, for extra credit. — if you choose to hand in corrected test problems, you must work and explain them (particularly clearly!) on separate paper, and hand in both the revised solutions along with the (unmodified) test sheet itself.
    Please also turn in, as today's Big Idea, your understanding of where you are in this class, what you need to do for the remaining part of the term, and what has contributed to your good or not-so-good performance up to now (such as on the recent midterm). The specifics of what you intend for the rest of the term (or the rest of your career as a mathematics student!) could certainly be along the lines of what was suggested after Test I, above at this location. The entirely new analysis I would also like to do would be a clear-eyed self critique, including:
    1. how did your home study on regular days of the term help or hurt your performance?
    2. what about your study before test days (or even quiz days)?
    3. how did your approach to homework help or hurt? — here you might address your attitude, your scheduling, your post-HW habits, etc.
    4. was the MLC useful? a private tutor? working with classmates? coming to your instructor's office?
    5. were your habits regarding class time useful or not — in terms of regularity of attendance, your note-taking (or daydreaming) practices during class time, whether you asked questions or waited for others to ask, etc.
    6. your experiences around the in-class tests (and quizzes): did you study enough/the right things? did you perform up to your potential on the test paper? if not, was it because of panic or carelessness or something else you can keep an eye out for in the future?
    7. further habits/practices/attitudes of yours which have impacted your success in this class (and other math classes)...
  • T: Read §5.2; hand in HW51 §5.1: 8, 10, 20, 34_WE
  • W: Read §5.2; hand in HW52 §5.2: 2, 6, 18, 26_WE
  • Θ: CLASS CANCELED: IT'S MATH DAY!!
  • F: Quiz 10 today. Read §5.3; hand in HW53 §5.2: 4, 12, 20, 28_WE

• The plan for this week:
  • M: Read §5.3;
  • T: Read §5.6; hand in HW54 §5.3: 2, 4, 10, 12, 28_WE
  • W: Read §5.6; hand in HW55 §5.6: 4, 5_WE, 7_WE, 8_WE
  • Θ: Quiz 11 today. Start final review; hand in HW56 §5.6: 10_WE, 11, 12_WE
  • F: More final review. Here is a review sheet. All homework to be turned in, even with late passes, must come in before the end of the day today!

• Exam week, no classes.
• Our FINAL EXAM is scheduled for both Wednesday and Thursday. Please bring your calculator, if you want it — however, you may not use a "symbolic calculator", nor your textbook. These dates will be used for:
  • Wednesday, December 7th, 8-10:30am in our usual classroom: We shall begin with a review — any last questions you may have before starting the final can be discussed for up to about 45 minutes. The exam part of this exam period will focus on the longer problems for which you are responsible, such as related rates, graphing, etc. Basically, there will be one problem per entry from section I of the final review sheet. There is an expectation in these problems that you will write complete explanations, as in all the "writing emphasis" problems this term. You will be able to earn a maximum of 80 points on this part of the final, with the option to choose which problems you wish to complete in order to get those points; extra points earned on other problems will go into your extra-credit total for the class.
  • Thursday, December 8th, 8-10:20am in our usual classroom: You will have the entire exam period to work on the smaller, more purely computational problems from section II of the final review sheet. Possible points max out at 120 on this section of the final, again with ample choice of which problems you want to do, and with points beyond the 120 going into your extra-credit total.