Winter 2002
Math 180:  Section 01



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This is the calendar for this section

This is both the anticipated calendar of events and material to be covered, as well as a diary of what did take place. The calendar will be changed during the term. Assignments will be placed in the text of the table as appropriate.

Semester Day
Day
Date
 Anticipated Events:  Note that this will change as the term progresses Actual events:  to be filled in shortly after the class meetings 
1
Tuesday,
Jan. 15, 2002
Introduction. Textbook. Calculator: TI-86 (go over the option with the TI-85 and even the TI-83, TI-89, TI-92). Cover the difference between Math 176 and Math 180. Web pages. Tests. My schedule. Notes. Explain the grading policy.

Assignment: Obtain text book and TI-86. Go to web pages. Print out the grading policy, and sign the printed version. This is to be turned in on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. Go to the web page to be used as an index sheet for identifying lines in the textbook. Print that page. Start reading the material on Chapter 1. While doing this reading and using our web notes for chapter 1, make the required margin notes, using the index sheet, referencing the special web pages.

Go over the installation of the TI Graph-link hardware and software. Start covering the material in Chapter 1.

Done. We did not get to rationalizing the numerator or the denominator.
2
Thursday,
Jan. 17, 2002
Verify Index Sheets. Collect Grading Policy Sheets. Cover the different sets of numbers, representation of numbers on the calculators. Solving equalities and inequalities in one varaible. Done, except that we did not get to the solving equalities and inequalities.
3
Tuesday,
Jan. 22, 2002
Cover the section on solving one variable equalities and ineualities. Also present Relations and Functions. Finally, look at the Battleship games on the web, and pages demonstrating the game and its solutions on the calculator. We did cover the math, inclusing absolute values, but we did not get to the battleship games. We also managed to go over Chapter 1.4. We may need to return to that section to answer further questions.
4
Thursday,
Jan. 24, 2002
Chapter 1.4 on Algebra and Composition of Functions and Chapter 1.5..

  Note that students have the following assignment, due at the start of class on Thursday, in order to get an extra 5 points on the chapter 1 test. This can be handed in early. Submit a document that identifies places in Chapter 1 Sections 1 through 5 of the textbook where there is a need for additional "calculator", "information", or "explanation" web pages. The identification must include a description of the needed material. For example,

Page 85, line 14, of the text contains a graph of a function and its inverse. That graph was created on a calculator. There should be a web page that explains the steps needed to produce the inverse of a function on the calculator.
The document must use correct grammar. It may be submitted in printed or written form, or in machine-readable form as a WORD disk file, as an attachment to an e-mail, or as the text of an e-mail. The document may be a simple statement claiming that there is no need for any further explanations in the text. Alternatively, the document may contain a list of one or more places where web pages are needed. Please understand that you are being asked to identify shortcomings of the text. Shortcomings not identified in this document should not be brought up as excuses for poor performance on the Chapter 1 test.		 Done.
5
Tuesday,
Jan. 29, 2002
Review for the chapter 1 test, practice test. Done.
6
Thursday,
Jan. 31, 2002
Test on Chapter 1. Although this test will take some students less than 1 hour, for this test students will have the full 2.5 hours to complete the test. School cancelled for today. The test will be given on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The rest of the schedule will have to be adjusted.
7
Tuesday,
Feb. 5, 2002
Test on Chapter 1. Although this test will take some students less than 1 hour, for this test students will have the full 2.5 hours to complete the test.  
8
Thursday,
Feb. 7, 2002
Hand back the Chapter 1 test. Remind students of the options for improving their grade. Start covering Chapter 2. Done. We finished Chapter 2, section 0 and most of section 1.
9
Tuesday,
Feb. 12, 2002
Cover Chapter 2, up to and including section 3. Try to start Chapter 2, section 4. THis did not work. We were able to finish chapter 2 section 2, but that was it.
10
Thursday,
Feb. 14, 2002
Do Chapter 2, sections 3. That was all that we could get done.
11
Tuesday,
Feb. 19, 2002
Present Chapter 2, sections 4 and 5.  
12
Thursday,
Feb. 21, 2002
Review Chapter 2 and start Chapter 3. Cover Chapter 3.0, and, hopefully, 3.1.  
13
Tuesday,
Feb. 26, 2002
First 75 minutes: Test on Chapter 2. Note that the written review of problem topics in Chapter 2 is due at the start of class today. That assignment is worth as much as 5 bonus points for the test, assuming it is turned in on time and that it is clearly and correctly stated.

Starting at 9:50: Cover Chapter 3.2.

Done.
14
Thursday,
Feb. 28, 2002
Cover Chapter 3.3 Done.
15
Tuesday,
Mar. 5, 2002
Cover 3.4 and 3.5. Done.
16
Thursday,
Mar. 7, 2002
Review chapter 3. Done. In addition we spent some time helping the staff to prepare a video related to the orientation process and the essentials for succeeding at WCC.
17
Tuesday,
Mar. 12, 2002
Chapter 3 test. This will run 75 minutes. We will start covering Chapter 4 at approximately 9:50. Done.
18
Thursday,
Mar. 14, 2002
Cover 4.2 and 4.3. Done.
19
Tuesday,
Mar. 19, 2002
Cover 4.4, Review, and finish Appendix A if needed. Done.
20
Thursday,
Mar. 21, 2002
Review Chapter 4 for 1 hour. Then start chapter 5. Done.
21
Tuesday,
Mar. 26, 2002
Test on Chapter 4 for 90 minutes. Do Chapter 5, the circle and the parabola.  
22
Thursday,
Mar. 28, 2002
Finish Chapter 5 with the ellipse and the hyperbola.  
23
Tuesday,
Apr. 2, 2002
   
24
Thursday,
Apr. 4, 2002
   
25
Tuesday,
Apr. 9, 2002
   
26
Thursday,
Apr. 11, 2002
   
27
Tuesday,
Apr. 16, 2002
   
28
Thursday,
Apr. 18, 2002
   
29
Tuesday,
Apr. 23, 2002
   
30
Thursday,
Apr. 25, 2002
   

 

©Roger M. Palay
Saline, MI 48176
Jnuary, 2002