Math 2415, Spring 2019

Neha Makhijani and John Zweck

Course Materials

Active Learning of Mathematical Concepts

Friday Problem Session Worksheets

Active Learning Projects with 3D Printed Models

PLTL Worksheets

PLTL Program

Exam Information

Exam One

• Exam I will be held Friday Feb 22nd, from 7:00-8:30pm.
• The exam will cover 12.1- 12.6, 13.1-13.3 (excluding curvature), 14.1, 15.7 (cylindrical coordinates only), 15.8 (spherical coordinates only).
• Dr Zweck's 11:30am (last names A-K only) and Dr. Makhijani's 11:30am classes should go to ECSS 2.410
• Dr Zweck's 11:30am (last names L-Z only) Dr Makhijani's 2:30pm class should go to ECSS 2.412
• Dr Makhijani's 8:30am class should go to ECSS 2.415
• Advice for Exams:
  • Start studying a week before the exam
  • Make a 2-3 page summary of lecture notes for yourself.
  • Write your summary out from memory 4 times over the course of a week.
  • Do lots of Past Exam Problems. More recent exams are more relevant. Don't look at solutions until you have attempted the problems.
  • In the Friday Problem Session on the 22nd you will work past exam problems in your small group. To give you flexibility, attendance will not be taken. TA's have been instructed to give more detailed guidance that day if you need it, but at the level of your small group, rather than for the entire class.
  • Also see Advice for Exams [page 6]

Exam Two

• Exam II will be held Friday April 5th, from 7:00-8:30pm
• The exam will cover 14.1, 14.3-14.8, 15.1-15.2, and 16.6 (excluding surface area).
• We encourage you to write a 2-3 page summary containing theory, formulae, schematic diagrams, simple examples and use a technique such as that in Advice for Exams [page 6] to commit this information to memory.
• Dr Zweck's 11:30am (last names A-K only) and Dr. Makhijani's 11:30am classes should go to ECSS 2.410
• Dr Zweck's 11:30am (last names L-Z only) Dr Makhijani's 2:30pm class should go to ECSS 2.412
• Dr Makhijani's 8:30am class should go to ECSS 2.415
• Do lots of Past Exam Problems. More recent exams are more relevant. Don't look at solutions until you have attempted the problems.
• NOTE: We no longer cover limits (14.2) so ignore those questions on past exams. Also, precisely which sections are covered on which exam varies from year to year. You may need to look for questions on Midterm I or the Final too.
• In the Friday Problem Session on the 5th you will work past exam problems in your small group. To give you flexibility, attendance will not be taken. TA's have been instructed to give more detailed guidance that day if you need it, but at the level of your small group, rather than for the entire class.
• NOTE: If you do not plan to attend the Problem Session please be sure to submit your papr hwk to your TA PRIOR to the session. (If you cannot come to campus I recommend the app CamScanner.)

Final Exam

• The Final Exam will be held Friday May 10th from 8am to 10:45am. Set an alarm and do not pull an all-nighter on Thursday night!
• Instead prepare well in advance.
• The exam will cover 12.1- 12.6, 13.1-13.3 (excluding curvature), 14.1, 14.3-14.8, 15.1-15.3, 15.6-15.9, 16.1-16.5, and 16.6 (excluding surface area).
• The exam will have a similar format to Fall 2017. In particular, roughly 50% of the points will be on material we covered since Exam II, i.e., from 15.3 onwards.
• We encourage you to write a 2-3 page summary containing theory, formulae, schematic diagrams, simple examples and use a technique such as that in Advice for Exams [page 6] to commit this information to memory.
• Dr Zweck's 11:30am (last names A-K only) and Dr. Makhijani's 11:30am classes should go to ECSS 2.410
• Dr Zweck's 11:30am (last names L-Z only) Dr Makhijani's 2:30pm class should go to ECSS 2.412
• Dr Makhijani's 8:30am class should go to ECSS 2.415
• Do lots of Past Exam Problems. More recent exams are more relevant. Don't look at solutions until you have attempted the problems. We will not be posting more solutions to finals than are already on the website.
• NOTE: We no longer cover limits (14.2) so ignore those questions on past exams.
• In the Friday Problem Session on May 3rd you will mostly work past exam problems in your small group. Attendance will be taken.

WebAssign Enrollment and Access Instructions

• Log into elearning, and select MATH 2415.701
• Click the link on the eLearning course homepage entitled Access WebAssign.
• If you already have a WebAssign account, you will either see the WebAssign course MATH 2415.701 at the left or you will see a pull-down menu with courses listed; choose MATH 2415.701.
• • If you already have a WebAssign account with the text for this course, you should be taken to the WebAssign course MATH 2415.701.
  • If you do not already have a WebAssign account with the text for this course, you will have 3 options to register.
    • Purchase access online if you do not already have an access code and you want to buy access to the ebook and homework problems without printed text.
    • Enter an access code if you have already purchased an access code.
    • Continue my trial period if you want to start using the system before purchasing. The deadline is given in red.
• Once you have registered, you should be taken to the WebAssign course MATH 2415.701.
• Upon subsequent returns, you should only need to repeat steps 1-3.

WebAssign Policies and Advice

• We will NOT answer messages sent from within WebAssign's Ask The Teacher link. Instead email zweck@utdallas.edu .
• There are approximately 200 students in Math 2415 this semester. For that reason there will be no regrades of submitted WebAssign homework.
• Use the Practice A Similar Problem feature to make sure you understand how to enter your answers correctly before you do the actual problem to be submitted.
• We recommend that you start your homework well before the due date.
• Although the system is not perfect, please remember that the advantage of digital homework is that you get more feedback more quickly than if we just had paper homework.
• Each problem will be worth 5 points. Students will have three attempts, with a maximum score of 5/5 for the first and second attempts and a maximum score of 3/5 for the third attempt. You will be able to submit each part of a multi-part question separately. Therefore, if you get a part correct by second try then you get full credit for that part.

• Entry of Vectors: In 12.2 #3 of this week's webassign hwk you have to enter a vector using the i, j,k notation. If you want to enter an answer like 3i + 4j +5k do NOT type the i, j,k using your keyboard. Instead on the right of the web assign page you will see a CalcPad. Click on the Vectors tab and you will see the symbols for i, j,k. Use them.
• Do NOT use the less than and greater than symbols on your keyboard. Instead use the special < > symbol option in the Vectors tab of the CalcPad to enter a vector. Similar comments apply to functions like exponential, logarithm, and all the trig functions.

Brushing Up on Single Variable Calculus

If you need to brush up on your single variable calculus, here are the sections Stewart's "Calculus (Early Transcendentals)" Edition 7E that we rely on in Math 2415. Starred sections are especially important.

2.1, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4**, 3.10, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 5.1-5.4, 5.5**, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

The material from Chapter 5,6,7 is used in Math 2415 Chapters 15, 16.

The material from Chapter 4,5,6 is used in Math 2415 Chapters 14, 15.