Reading Assignments

Current Reading Assignment

By Nov 3, 2010: Read section 1.3 in the text, and appendices A, B, and C in the Just-in-time guide. Be prepared to work examples and problems in class. There'll be a little pre-reading quiz (for marks) to make sure you're prepped!

Previous Reading Assignments

By Oct 29, 2010: Read sections 3.3 in the text. Ignore (for now) any examples mentioning exponential, logarithm, or trigonometric functions.

By Oct 27, 2010: Read sections 3.1 and 3.2 in the text.

By Oct 15, 2010: Read the wiki notes on How to Read Math Texts, including the referenced article by Simonson and Gouvea

Read sections 2.6 in the text.

By Oct 13, 2010: Read sections 2.4 - 2.5 in the text.

By Oct 8, 2010: Read sections 2.1 - 2.3 in the text.

What is a reading assignment?

Because much of class time will be spent in discussion, team problem solving and other types of transformation activities, you as a student will be responsible for the initial reading of course material.

These reading assignments are designed to prepare you to engage with the material in class. You must complete them in order to effectively participate in class and support your team's learning exercises.

Reading assignments will generally be tested by a quick "pre-reading quiz" at the start of class. This quiz will be based directly on the material in the relevant section and should be easy to answer if you have read and understood the material. These pre-reading quizzes will count for a portion of your assignment mark.

One of the learning objectives of this course is that you should be able to read first year university level mathematics texts for factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge. This is a challenging skill which requires attention and practice to master. Please see How to Read Math Texts for guidelines and tips.