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#Section Outline

Lecture notes

Midterm A

Week 1:

• Chapter R: Introduction and review
• Introductory lecture for syllabus
• Fingers and toes, whole to natural to real numbers, integers, math, etc - review the lecture material for the lecture I gave to Calculus classes
• Math 102/Review

Week 2:

• Chapter 1: Equations and inequalities
• Essentials of equations, linear equations, quadratic equations, radical equations, various techniques for isolating and solving
• Math 102/Chapter 1

Week 3:

• Chapter 2: Graphs
• Distance and midpoint formulas, etc
• Math 102/Chapter 2

Week 4:

• Chapter 3: Functions and Graphs
• Math 102/Chapter 3

Week 5:

• Chapter 4: Linear and quadratic equations
• Midterm only covers up to linear equations
• Math 102/Chapter 4

Midterm B

Week 6:

• Chapter 5: Polynomials and rational functions
• Math 102/Chapter 5

Week 7:

• Chapter 5 continued

Week 8:

• Chapter 6: Exponential and logarithmic functions
• Math 102/Chapter 6

Week 9:

• Chapter 6 continued

Week 10:

• Chapter 8: Systems of equations and matrices
• Math 102/Chapter 8

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

Worksheets

Assemble worksheets ahead of time, alongside homework.

Worksheets will basically look like homework lite.

Use unused homework problems from Sullivan.

Quizzes

Still using unused homework problems and/or Sullivan example problems.

Exams

More focused on critical thinking.

This is part of the setting/managing expectations. Make sure they know what's expected of them in exams.