Homework due 11/3/08

Do the listed problems from following pages of your textbook:
Page 121; # 41 & 42
Page 124; #1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27 & 30.

Quiz on Tuesday, 10/28/08

You will have a quiz on the new differentiation techniques such as the power rule and finding derivatives of exponential functions.

Homework due 10/24/08

Page 120, problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 19, 32, 33, 36 - 40.

Homework due 10/21/08

Any unfinished problems from the classwork and then # 62 - 65 on page 116. However, unfinished problems from class should remain in your notebooks and only #62-65 should be in the homework journal.

Homework due 10/20/08

The following video is an MIT Calculus class lecture. I would like for you to watch the whole video and compare what is covered to the material we have covered in Calculus. Then notice the format of the lecture, the expectations and how the acquisition of content is achieved. Take notes on the video in your homework journal and be ready to discuss all this in class.

Take-Home Test due 10/17/08

Folks you can use this post to comment back and forth if you are consulting each other about questions on the test. This way I can monitor the conversations and/or intervene with my own comments if I feel compelled enough.

Remember, start early and do not wait for the last minute as you will surely suffer if you do. The questions are compelling and some are designed to make you think beyond the work done in class. I am testing what you have already understood and how you can extend your understanding to different situations. Please read the rubric carefully and check your solutions to see whether your work fulfills the criteria for evaluation.

Homework due 10/07/08

Do problems on page 86-88; #1, 4, 8, 9, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, & 37. Remember your sketches aren't supposed to be perfect but are supposed to convey the general behavior of the instantaneous rate of change function / slope function. For some of the functions, it may be a good idea to mark where the slopes are zero, if at all there are any such places.

Homework due 10/06/08

Do problems 15 and 16 on page 86. Make sure to use the definition of the derivative to solve these. Also, check your derivative functions by testing points and comparing the slope values from our previous average rate of change process.