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\centerline{MATH 135 -- Calculus 1, section 1}
\centerline{Problem Set Information and Guidelines}
\centerline{Fall 2016}

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Weekly homework assignments will be posted each Friday on the 
course homepage and collected the following Friday.  Each assignment
will consist of two parts
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\item{$\bullet$} an `A' section to be completed on the 
WebAssign online homework system, and 
\item{$\bullet$} a `B' section to be 
done on paper and handed in at the start of class.  The
`B' selections will be human-graded with comments.
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{\it Note:}  These problem sets are different from the daily WebAssign 
quizzes on the video (or reading) for the day.  You are responsible
for those as well -- see the course syllabus for more information.
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Here are some informational points to know and guidelines to follow while doing your 
assignments.
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{\it `A' section problems--WebAssign problems}
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\item{$\bullet$} Almost all of the WebAssign problems will be keyed
to problems in the text.  You can tell the book version of the
problem from the number displayed at the top of the problem in the assignment.  
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\item{$\bullet$} You will get the most out of the WebAssign problems
(and have a permanent record of what you did to consult later on)
if you work out your answers legibly on paper first, check your work, and 
only then enter them into the WebAssign system.  
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\item{$\bullet$}  You will get {\it three tries} to submit correct work for 
each WebAssign problem.  No further work can be submitted for
credit after the second try.  
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\item{$\bullet$}  Each time you submit your work for grading, you 
will get immediate feedback about whether your answers are correct.
In addition, after the assignment due date, you can see a correct solution or
an explanation of how the correct answer is derived in WebAssign.
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\item{$\bullet$}  If you believe that the most recent version of 
what you submitted to WebAssign is correct, but your answer
was still marked wrong, you can send an email to Prof. Little with a request
for ``further review'' of your answer.  Points will be added to your
problem set score to account for any correct solutions WebAssign
could not recognize as correct. 
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\item{$\bullet$}  Many of the problems have randomized elements.  This 
means that the questions you will get as part of your problem set
will not be exactly the same as (but should still be equivalent in difficulty 
to) the problems other students in the class will do.  
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\item{$\bullet$}  Many problems have a ``Practice Another Version'' option
that will let you enter a solution to a similar non-credit problem and 
view a correct solution.  {\it For
your own benefit}, do not abuse this feature.  Don't just blindly 
copy the steps of the correct solution without understanding what 
is going on!
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{\it `B' section -- handwritten paper problems} 
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\item{$\bullet$}  The `B' section problems are {\it intentionally more 
challenging}, less computational problems that will require you
to apply what you have learned in new situations and write up the
mathematics in a careful way by hand.  You may want to do all of the 
`A' section problems in each book section first before trying the `B' problems.
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\item{$\bullet$}  Your work {\it must be (easily) legible and 
organized}.  I reserve the right to return any excessively messy 
or disorganized work ungraded.   You will get one chance, within one class meeting, 
to resubmit work for credit in a case like this.   
Write up the problems {\it in order}.  Use only {\it one side of the page}.
Don't worry too much about saving paper: {\it Please do not} cram
problems together in multiple columns on the page.  
Staple your assignment together. 
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\item{$\bullet$} {\it No credit will be given for just the 
answers to the `B' problems}.  You must submit full solutions, showing
all the steps necessary to justify your answer.
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\item{$\bullet$} Work on making your solutions clear and concise. 
Make good use of notation and diagrams.  
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\item{$\bullet$} {\it Leave space} for the grader to write comments.
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\item{$\bullet$} Show enough detail that a confused student in the class could
follow your solution.  Don't expect that the reader already knows how
to solve the problem.  
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\item{$\bullet$}  When a problem asks for an explanation, you 
should provide one written {\it in complete sentences}.
Proofread what you have said to be sure it makes sense.
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\item{$\bullet$} No ``and then a miracle occurs" moments in solutions, please! 
If you are left with a gap in a calculation that you just can't bridge, 
acknowledge it. The grader will indicate how to fill the gap, if appropriate,
in comments.
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\item{$\bullet$} Start the assignment early (e.g. the day it is posted).
This will allow you ample time to consult with me or the Calculus Workshop, 
or discuss things in a study group
if you get stuck on some problems.  If you start the assignment on the
day before it is due, you will be very unhappy!
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\item{$\bullet$} If you work with other students to solve a problem, you {\it
must} write up your final solutions independently. (Plan on taking
scrap notes when you work out the problem first, and then writing it
up in a clean form {\it by yourself} afterwards.)  Add a note to 
your solution listing the other people you consulted.
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