Guidelines for handed assignments

As a general guideline, think of this as sort of an essay that you work on and the write-up, note worksheets that are passed on to us. You don't have to type your homework, hand writing (if legible) is fine. Some of you asked/suggested to write the homework on a page of yours on the wiki (in the Sandbox or as a subpage of your userpage) that's fine, as long as you then print it and hand it in class. You're allowed to work collaboratively on the solutions, but the write-up should be your own.

1) Every assignment has one point for presentation. If the homework is handed in in pencil, or there is no name and/or group name and/or student number, or if the work is not stapled, that point is automatically deducted. Other than those mentioned above, if the work is written in a very messy way (like a scratch paper) or not well organized (i.e. lots of arrows pointing around), then that mark is also taken away.

2) There will always be a point for indicating how you approached the problem. You do not need to copy down the question for this. You will earn this point by simply putting down sentences such as "To understand this question better, I drew this diagram (diagram is shown)", or "we know the following....and from there we can know ..." Basically some kind of indication of what's your first step. A phrase or two would suffice, just putting down d'(t) = 2t, for example, would not earn this point.

3) Always label your graphs, explain any variable you've introduced (both in diagrams and in words)!

4) Show all your work. But there is no need to explain every mathematical step in words (e.g. subtract 2 from both sides).

5) Make sure you explain every logical step for solving logical problems and also math problems, clearly and concisely.

6) It is not that complicated to write actual sentences. Don't just write two words and just give lots of arrows.

7) Always answer the question at the end of your solution and put it back in the context of the question. For example: the plane has traveled 771m before takeoff. Use this as an opportunity to think about your answer. In the example, would it make sense if you got a negative number? or a number smaller than 1? and in which units is my number actually?

8) It would be helpful if you can leave a margin for comments, I'm sure you don't want to see a lot of arrows flowing around on your paper because I'm running out of space to write feed back! :)