Math 318 |
Title |
Description |
People involved |
Scheduled dates for work |
Status (2010.05.25) |
Documents |
318.1 Learning Goals |
Write down learning goals for the course. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
Fourth draft completed |
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318.2 MATLAB/Octave exercises |
Develop weekly homework assignments that require computations with MATLAB/Octave and/or to experiment with online computer simulations. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
Completed |
Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3, Assignment 4, Assignment 5, Assignment 6, Assignment 7, Assignment 8 |
318.3 Octave help page |
Develop and maintain an online MATLAB/Octave help page and a Vista-based discussion board. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
First version complete; refinements will be ongoing |
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318.4 Lecture material |
Incorporate computer simulations/demos into lectures where appropriate. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
First run-through complete; will continue in the second year |
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318.5 Computer homework/exam tracking |
Track grades on the traditional questions and the computer based questions separately. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
Complete |
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318.6 Computer-based exam questions |
Design and implement appropriate exam questions to test the students' knowledge of Octave. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
Midterm 1 and 2 questions finalized; final exam question also completed |
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318.7 Mid-term attitude surveys |
Design and administer a mid-term attitude survey. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
Completed; survey is still open but new submissions will not be counted for marks (survey was worth bonus points on next assignment) |
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318.8 End-of-semester attitude survey |
Design and administer an attitude survey at the end of semester. |
GS, RL |
Spring 10 |
Completed; survey is still open but new submissions will not be counted for marks (survey was worth bonus points on assignment 8) |