Math 102 Checklist

What do I want in my binder at the start of the quarter?

• Syllabus
• Set expectations, what to do for assignments
• Calendar of topics
• Calendar of homeworks
• Calendar of quizzes and exams
• Detailed content outline
• Lecture notes for first half
• Worksheets for first half
• Homework problems for first half
• Quizzes for first half
• Exams for first half

Math 102 Fall 2016 Checklist

Syllabus

Steps to completion:

• Fill in basic class information (sched/dates/times)
• Fill in book information
• Academic integrity
• Devices
• Course content (chapter by chapter breakdown)
• Course grade
• Homework
• Quizzes
• Exams
• Prereqs

Syllabus lecture:

• Syllabus lecture slides skeleton
• Syllabus lecture slides fill in

PDF

• Create pdf for syllabus lecture notes

Calendar

Create calendar:

• Topics calendar
• HW and in-class worksheets calendar
• Quiz calendar
• Exam calendar
• Final project calendar

Content Outline

Chapter by chapter outline - see Math 102#Chapter Outline

Section by section outline - see Math 102#Outline

Lecture notes

Midterm A

Week 1

• Introductory lecture for syllabus
• Real numbers, integers, math, etc - review the lecture material for the lecture I gave to Calculus classes

(Before we go any further with lecture notes, we need to work out the schedule of material, assignments, etc.)

Homework

Homework assignment notes:

• HW questions will come out of Sullivan
• Book provides problems section-by-section

How to actually assign problems?

• Option 1: Cut-and-paste problems into a single document, to make one single ugly homework document per week (most palatable)
  • If we put together assignments and answer keys ahead of time... This shouldn't be too bad.
• Option 2: Give them the entire end-of-the-section homework problems, ask them to do certain problems from certain sections
• Option 3: Give them the damn book
• Option 4: Assign homeworks out of crappy textbook

Order:

• Figure out the HW questions first, then align the quiz and exam question pools with the HW problems

Quizzes

Quiz questions are less in-depth, more mechanics and syntax. Quiz questions will come out of the question pool. Working through question pool for first 4 weeks now.

Exams

Exam questions are less rote, focus more on critical thinking, algorithms, program design, and pattern-finding. Exam questions will come from question pool.

(Fewer exam questions than quiz questions per pool, of course.)