Go to the course Canvas site, the main website for the course.
If the Canvas site isn't open yet, see below for basic course information
and the first assignments. This is all duplicated on the Canvas site.
If you decide not to take this class, please drop it ASAP, because
others are waiting to get in.
Attend every class and do assignments, both to show your interest in the course and so you are not behind if you do suceed in enrolling.
If you are a UW Math major, keep trying to add the course through MyUW. Use Notify.UW to find out when an opening occurs.
After the second class (Monday 9/30), some additional students who have been attending and doing assignments may be given permission to add the the course. If you want to be considered for this, be sure Professor Arms knows. In previous years, everyone who wanted to get into the class was admitted by the second week. Hopefully that will be true this year, too.
This duplicate of some of the information at the course Canvas site is provided for those who are still hoping to enroll, as well as for enrolled students before the Canvas site is open.
Class: MW 1:30-2:50 in EXED 110 (also known as the Boeing Auditorium).
Instructors
Prof. Judith M. Arms,
arms@math.washington.edu
Office: PDL C338 (3rd floor opposite C-Wing stairs),
(206)543-9458, messages at (206)543-1150
TA: Tafari James,
tafarij@uw.edu;
Office: PDL C110.
Office hours for the quarter will be determined using
information you give on the office hour survey.
Until these are set, Professor Arms' office hours will be
- before and after class at the classroom;
- in her office (PDL C338) MW 3:30-4:30, and by appointment.
For appointments, email requests are best.
Information about the Text.
Course introduction.
Reference: M. Kogan, S. Laursen, "Assessing Long-Term Effects of Inquiry-Based
Learning: A Case Study from College Mathematics,"
Innov. High. Educ. 39 (2014), 183-199.
To see online, search title at UW Libraries & log in with UW NetID.
For a briefer discussion, here is
blog entry
summarizing the article.
Classwork: Every class will include small group discussion and usually whole class discussion of the WPs due that day and sometimes additional problems. Your participation will be recorded using your name card. Pick it up at the start of class, return it to the card box at the end of class. Usually everyone present will get full credit for participation. If I observe people arriving late or leaving early, or if discussions wander off topic, deductions may be made. Class usually will also include my response to some of the RR questions. So if there is something in the reading you would like to hear about in class, be sure to say that in your RR!
Homework guidelines:
Reading Response Guidelines,
Warmup Problem Guidelines), and
Followup Problem Guidelines.
If you want to start typing your homework (not required), check out
Professor Jack Lee's suggestions (see link below).
Sample Solutions.
First assignments. If you are enrolled in the course, do not use this link, but instead go to Canvas to access and submit these assignments.
Tests:
Midterm tentatively on Wednesday, 10/30, in class.
Date to be confirmed in early October.
Final exam Monday 12/9, 2:30-4:20. The date and time of the final
exam are assigned by the university and cannot be changed.
There may be a take-home component of either or both of these exams.
Information about Grades.
Washington state law requires that UW develop a policy for accommodation of student absences or significant hardship due to reasons of faith or conscience, or for organized religious activities. The UW's policy, including more information about how to request an accommodation, is available at Religious Accommodations Policy (https://registrar.washington.edu/staffandfaculty/religious-accommodations-policy/). Accommodations must be requested within the first two weeks of this course using the Religious Accommodations Request form (https://registrar.washington.edu/students/religious-accommodations-request/).
Other Resources:
Professor Jack Lee's suggestions for typing math.
Math 342 and the Putnam exam: Love problem solving? Interested in doing the Putnam competition this year? Consider signing up for Math 342: The Art of Problem Solving and/or joining the Putnam Prep sessions, see the
flyer for information or the
website.
Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment (CLUE)
Student Counseling Center:
individual and group counseling for career decisions and personal problems
(including procrastination and test anxiety).
Mathematics Department Policy on Course or Instructor Concerns
Return to the
UW Math Department Homepage.
Most recently updated on September 29, 2019.