On weeks of tests, the recitation will consist of test review and open time for questions. In the remaining 10 weeks, recitations will typically consist of:
To allow flexibility for quarantines, etc., the group-work problems will be posted in advance and you can submit your solutions in any of the following ways:
How to be successful at Calculus | How to be unsuccessful at Calculus |
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Have a growth mindset: believe that through effort you can improve your mathematical skills. | Have a fixed mindset: believe that your mathematical skills are set, so effort is either unneccessary or futile. |
Show up and do the work. | Skip stuff. Start with an occasional class, then a recitation, then some homework, ... |
Figure out the solutions to activities and exercises. | Find the solutions to activities and exercises by copying from classmates, looking at posted answers, searching the internet, etc. |
Be active in class: think, write, talk, do, ... | Be passive (or distracted) in class, waiting for learning to somehow happen. |
Read the book. Carefully. Multiple times. | Don't read the book. Make excuses like "It is too confusing.", "I learn better from videos.", or "The instructor should tell me everything I need to know in class." |
Do the exercises in the text. | Ignore the exercises in the text. Convince yourself that since it is not collected it must not be important. |
Strive for mastery. Mastery is when you can solve the problem confidently by yourself. | Settle for familiarity rather than mastery. Familiarity is when you recognize a problem and can follow along when someone else, a video, or the book solves it. |
Sparingly use videos like Just Math Tutorials or Khan Academy. When you do, pay attention and work along with the video. | Use videos a lot and as a replacement for reading. Let them play in the background while you do something else. |
Make sure all members of your group (including yourself) understand the recitation groupwork before submitting it. | Do the recitation groupwork by splitting up the problems and working on them separately. That way you only have to learn a fourth of it. |
Use learning resources:
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Invent and use false rules like
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When you are struggling, get help. | When you are struggling, hide. |
Week | Date | Section/Topic | Text Homework (html #s) | Information/Resources |
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1 | ||||
Mon Jan 10 | Introduction | |||
Tues Jan 11 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Chapter 1 Limits | ||||
Wed Jan 12 | 1.1 An Introduction To Limits | 2, 3, 4, 7-15odd, 21, 23, 27 | sage | |
Fri Jan 14 | 1.2 Epsilon-Delta Definition of a Limit | 1-5, 7, 11, 13 | sage | |
2 | ||||
Mon Jan 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, no class | |||
Tues Jan 18 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Jan 19 | 1.3 Finding Limits Analytically | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-18, 19-33odd, 35-38, 39, 43 | sage | |
Fri Jan 21 | 1.4 One-Sided Limits | 1-12, 13-21odd | (drop deadline) sage | |
3 | ||||
Mon Jan 24 | 1.5 Continuity | 1-22, 23-38odd | ||
Tues Jan 25 | Recitation: Test preparation | test guide | ||
Wed Jan 26 | Test on Pre-Calculus through 1.4 | (solutions) | ||
Fri Jan 28 | 1.6 Limits Involving Infinity | 1-14, 19-28 | sage | |
4 | ||||
Chapter 2 Derivatives | ||||
Mon Jan 31 | 2.1 Instantaneous Rates of Change: The Derivative | 1-22, 27-36 | sage | |
Tues Feb 1 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Feb 2 | 2.2 Interpretations of the Derivative | 1-18 | sage | |
Fri Feb 4 | 2.3 Basic Differentiation Rules | 1-38 | ||
5 | ||||
Mon Feb 7 | 2.4 The Product and Quotient Rules | 1-14, 15-47odd | ||
Tues Feb 8 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Feb 9 | 2.5 The Chain Rule | 1-6, 7-39odd, 41, 42 | sage | |
Fri Feb 11 | ||||
6 | ||||
Mon Feb 14 | 2.6 Implicit Differentiation | 1-4, 5-25odd, 26, 27-41odd | sage | |
Tues Feb 15 | Recitation: Test preparation | test guide | ||
Wed Feb 16 | Test through 2.5 | (solutions) | ||
Fri Feb 18 | 2.7 Derivatives of Inverse Functions | 1-4, 5-29odd | ||
7 | ||||
Chapter 3 The Graphical Behavior of Functions | ||||
Mon Feb 21 | 3.1 Extreme Values | 1-6, 7-25odd | ||
Tues Feb 22 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Feb 23 | 3.2 The Mean Value Theorem | 1, 2, 3-20odd | ||
Fri Feb 25 | 3.3 Increasing and Decreasing Functions | 1-6, 7-23odd | ||
8 | ||||
Mon Feb 28 | 3.4 Concavity and the Second Derivative | 1-4, 5-56odd | ||
Tues Mar 1 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Mar 2 | 3.5 Curve Sketching | 1-5, 6-25odd, 26-28 | sage | |
Fri Mar 4 | Bonus test | (solutions) | ||
Spring Break | ||||
9 | ||||
Chapter 4 Applications of the Derivative | ||||
Mon Mar 14 | 4.1 Newton's Method | 3, 5, 7, 17 | sage | |
Tues Mar 15 | Recitation: Test preparation | test guide | ||
Wed Mar 16 | Test through 3.5 | (solutions) | ||
Fri Mar 18 | 4.2 Related Rates | 3-15odd | ||
10 | ||||
Mon Mar 21 | 4.3 Optimization | 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18 | ||
Tues Mar 22 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Mar 23 | More optimization | |||
Fri Mar 25 | 4.4 Differentials | 1-6, 7-13odd, 17-39odd | (drop deadline with WP/WF) | |
11 | ||||
Chapter 5 Integration | ||||
Mon Mar 28 | 5.1 Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integration | 9-27odd, 28, 29, 31-39odd | sage | |
Tues Mar 29 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Mar 30 | 5.2 The Definite Integral | 5-17odd, 19-22 | ||
Fri Apr 1 | 5.3 Riemann Sums | 17-39odd | ||
12 | ||||
Mon Apr 4 | finish 5.3 | |||
Tues Apr 5 | Recitation: Test preparation | test guide | ||
Wed Apr 6 | Test through 5.3 | (solutions) | ||
Fri Apr 8 | 5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | 5-29odd, 35-57odd | sage | |
13 | ||||
Mon Apr 11 | 5.5 Numerical Integration | 5-11 odd | ||
Tues Apr 12 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Chapter 6 Techniques of Antidifferentiation | ||||
Wed Apr 13 | 6.1 Substitution | 3-85odd | ||
Fri Apr 15 | more 6.1 | |||
14 | ||||
Mon Apr 18 | finish 6.1 | |||
Tues Apr 19 | Recitation | groupwork | ||
Wed Apr 20 | Recap/ Review/ Exam preparation | |||
Fri Apr 22 | Recap/ Review/ Exam preparation | Fall 2021-22 final exam | ||
15 | ||||
Wed Apr 27 | Final Exam 4:40-6:40pm in Morton Hall 235. |
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