Welcome to Calculus 1. The
purpose
of this page is to make certain resources available and keep you
up to date with everything going
on in the course.
** REMINDER: If you're having trouble with the
course,
there are video clips available
on which
many
typical problems are presented and explained. It's worth taking a look
at if you
feel the
need.
They are available here
and may also be available on CD in the bookstore
The following is a list of the date and
section coverage of our no partial credit skills quizzes for the
entire
semester. With the exception of the Pre-Calculus Skills Quiz,
all of the skills quizzes will contain three
or four problems from the Calculus Skills Problem Set selected from the
indicated sections, and will last 10-15 minutes.
There will be no calculuators used on any of these quizzes.
PRE-CALCULUS SKILLS QUIZ:
Tuesday,
September 2. Contains 12 questions on pre-calculus topics, will
last 30 minutes
SKILLS QUIZ #1: Friday, September
19 -- Section 2.3
SKILLS QUIZ #2: Friday, September 26 -- Sections 2.6, 3.1
SKILLS QUIZ #3: Friday, October 10 -- Sections 3.2, 3.3
SKILLS QUIZ #4: Friday, October 17 -- Section 3.4
SKILLS QUIZ #5: Friday, October 24 -- Section 3.6
SKILLS QUIZ #6: Friday, November 21 -- Sections 5.3, 5.4
SKILLS QUIZ #7: Friday, December 5 -- Section 5.5
Course Information:
Office Hours Information:
Prof. Schmidt's Office Hours (in Amos Eaton 408): Monday 10 - 11 AM, Thursday 1 - 2:30 PM
Recitation Instructor Office
Hours:
Skills Assistant Office Hours
(4th Floor of Amos Eaton):
Course Resources:
General Resources for Calculus:
This web
page
collects many helpful resources, including information about
Supplemental
Instruction,
Drop In Tutoring, on-line video clips and much, much more!
Resources Specific to our class:
Resources for Calculus Skills Problem Set:
The Calculus Skills Problem
Set
is a set of problems designed to test your ability to carry out the
basic
computations
from Calculus accurately.
Throughout
the semester you will be tested (during quizzes and the final exam) on
algorithmically generated
versions
of these problems. You will also have designated class time each
week
to work on these problems in a
supervised setting.
These problems will always be
graded
with no partial credit, and will account for approximately 20 % of
the course grade. The details of
how the skills problems will be tested and how they will contribute to
your
grade appear in the course
policies
above.
The Calculus Skills home
page
is here. This
page
contains much important information
pertaining to the skills portion of the course,
including
rules pertaining to how the problems will be graded,
academic integrity guidelines, and Skills
Assistant
office hours. It also contains a list of all the calculus
skills problems and resources for practicing different
versions of them.
MAPLE Resources:
MAPLE
Files This is a series of tutorial files explaining how
MAPLE can be used to perform different pre-Calculus
and Calculus tasks. MAPLE (or a graphing calculator) may be handy now
and
then if you need to
quickly sketch a graph or solve an equation, although neither resource
may be used on exams and
quizzes.