BASIC INFORMATION for MATH 100, AUTUMN,1996

Instructor:

Ginger Warfield

Office:

Padelford C-437

Phones:

• 543-7445 (office)
• 329-0376 (home--8 A.M. to 10 P.M. weekdays, noon to 10 P.M. weekends)

e-mail address:

warfield@math.washington.edu

Office hours:

I will be holding my office hours at the Instructional Center. Their timing will be determined by my schedule and that of the Instructional Center. I will announce them at the beginning of next week.

Instructional Center:

I strongly recommend that you get in the habit of studying there. If you and a bunch of fellow students can find a time when you can all regularly work there together, you will all benefit.

Textbook:

Algebra Discovery Workbook , by Halsey, Partee, Mancer and Warfield.
Available at the University Bookstore.

Class format:

Discussion and discovery. Participation is essential.
Mistakes in class are ABSOLUTELY OK.

Structure:

• There will be homework every night--about an hour and a half's worth.
• There will be a weekly 20 minute quiz either on Fridays or Mondays (except when there is a midterm).
• There will be two midterms, one on Monday, October 28 and one on Wednesday November 27 .
• There will be a 2-hour final exam in the regular classroom at the time listed in the Time Schedule.

Grading:

• 30% quizzes (bottom 2 quiz grades dropped)
• 30% midterms
• 30% final exam
• 10% homework, attendance and participation

At a VERY rough estimate, averages of the first three categories correlate with course grades as follows: an average of 95 gives a 3.7, 80 gives a 2.7 , 65 gives a 1.7 and 50 gives a 0.7 . The grade for homework, attendance and participation can raise the course grade by up to 0.3 points.

Homework details:

Homework should be turned in folded vertically, with
your name,
our section number (100A),
the date,
the assignment number, and
the assignment
on the outside.

Homework must be neat. Space the problems far enough apart so that the grader can find them easily. Grader time is a very valuable commodity--we cannot afford to waste it.

Homework turned in one class period late will be corrected and given full credit.

Homework turned in more than one class period late will be marked "L" and not corrected, but the "L" will be recorded, which gives you some credit.

Grades on homework are intended mainly for your information. They are
+ you seem to understand this very well
<check> you seem to understand this reasonably well
- you seem not to understand this

Homework does count in your course grade, but almost entirely on a basis of how many you tried, not how you scored on them.

IMPORTANT FIRST DAY INFORMATION: